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Serializer

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Serializer

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This class is responsible of the serialization of every request, it offers the following methods:

  • serialize(object: any): string;, serializes request objects
  • deserialize(json: string): any;, deserializes response strings
  • ndserialize(array: any[]): string;, serializes bulk request objects
  • qserialize(object: any): string;, serializes request query parameters 
const { Client, Serializer } = require('@elastic/elasticsearch')

class MySerializer extends Serializer {
  serialize (object) {
    // your code
  }
}

const client = new Client({
  Serializer: MySerializer
})
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