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+"""holds es connection manager"""
+
+import json
+
+import requests
+from home.src.config import AppConfig
+
+
+class ElasticWrap:
+    """makes all calls to elastic search
+    returns response json and status code tuple
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, path, config=False):
+        self.url = False
+        self.auth = False
+        self.path = path
+        self.config = config
+        self._get_config()
+
+    def _get_config(self):
+        """add config if not passed"""
+        if not self.config:
+            self.config = AppConfig().config
+
+        es_url = self.config["application"]["es_url"]
+        self.auth = self.config["application"]["es_auth"]
+        self.url = f"{es_url}/{self.path}"
+
+    def get(self, data=False):
+        """get data from es"""
+
+        if data:
+            response = requests.get(self.url, json=data, auth=self.auth)
+        else:
+            response = requests.get(self.url, auth=self.auth)
+        if not response.ok:
+            print(response.text)
+
+        return response.json(), response.status_code
+
+    def post(self, data, ndjson=False):
+        """post data to es"""
+        if ndjson:
+            headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-ndjson"}
+            payload = data
+        else:
+            headers = {"Content-type": "application/json"}
+            payload = json.dumps(data)
+
+        response = requests.post(
+            self.url, data=payload, header=headers, auth=self.auth
+        )
+
+        if not response.ok:
+            print(response.text)
+
+        return response.json(), response.status_code
+
+    def put(self, data):
+        """put data to es"""
+
+        response = requests.put(self.url, json=data, auth=self.auth)
+        if not response.ok:
+            print(response.text)
+
+        return response.json(), response.status_code
+
+    def delete(self):
+        """delete document from es"""
+        response = requests.delete(self.url, auth=self.auth)
+        if not response.ok:
+            print(response.text)
+
+        return response.json(), response.status_code