indices.exists_type

elasticsearch/client.py

@@ -175,6 +175,22 @@ class InidicesClient(NamespacedClient):
             return False
         return True
 
+    @query_params('ignore_indices')
+    def exists_type(self, index, doc_type, params=None):
+        """
+        Used to check if a type/types exists in an index/indices (available since 0.
+        http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-types-exists/
+
+        :arg index: A comma-separated list of index names; use `_all` to check the types across all indices
+        :arg doc_type: A comma-separated list of document types to check
+        :arg ignore_indices: When performed on multiple indices, allows to ignore `missing` ones, default u'none'
+        """
+        try:
+            self.transport.perform_request('HEAD', _make_path(index, doc_type), params=params)
+        except NotFoundError:
+            return False
+        return True
+
     @query_params('ignore_conflicts', 'timeout')
     def put_mapping(self, index, body, doc_type=None, params=None):
         """

test_elasticsearch/test_server/test_common.py

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class YamlTestCase(TestCase):
 
     def run_is(self, action, transform=None):
         """ Match part of last response to test data. """
+
+        # matching part of the reponse dict
+        if isinstance(action, dict):
             self.assertEquals(1, len(action))
             path, expected = list(action.items())[0]
 
@@ -73,6 +76,11 @@ class YamlTestCase(TestCase):
                     self.assertIn(step, value)
                 value = value[step]
 
+        # matching the entire response
+        else:
+            value = self.last_response
+            expected = action
+
         # sometimes we need to transform the json value before comparing
         if transform:
             value = transform(value)

test_elasticsearch/test_server/yaml/20_mapping.yaml

@@ -29,3 +29,17 @@
         indices.get_mapping:
             index: test
     - length: { test: 0 }
+---
+"Test type exists":
+    - do:
+        indices.exists_type:
+            index: test
+            type: test-type
+    - is: true
+---
+"Test type doesn't exists":
+    - do:
+        indices.exists_type:
+            index: test
+            type: not-test-type
+    - is: false