Improvement: add DataCollector for elastically

[gabiudrescu]

I am noting down feedback as I have started playing around with https://github.com/monsieurbiz/SyliusSearchPlugin

I might be able to contribute, if I end up implementing this in my project, but first, I want to hear your opinion as well.

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I would like to have a DataCollector for elastically, similar with what FOS Elastica has.

[damienalexandre]

Hi,

yes that's something I'd like to have as well.

But it has to add value somehow. For example, just listing the request/responses does not add anything, because when you use the HttpClient for Symfony, you already got the Http Calls panels with all the informations.

[gabiudrescu]

Hmm, indeed. I opened this after I have tested this https://github.com/monsieurbiz/SyliusSearchPlugin

And I think for some reason, they don't use Symfony Http client.

What would you want to see in a data collector?

[damienalexandre]

Here is what I can think of:

• list of all the request of course
• on each request / reponse:
  • timings
  • JSON formatting / nice readable display
  • a "copy as curl" or "open in Kibana Dev Tools" button
  • an "explain" button?
  • a "profile" button? (displaying the result is hard!)
  • a "replay" button?
• some informations about the Elastica configuration (connexions etc)
• some way to detect duplicated requests, adding a warning

That's just what pop's up my head right now but not all of those are worth the time 👍

[tacman]

I would also like to see this, but I'm wondering if this should be part of an ElasticallyBundle, rather than part of the core library.

I think a bundle would also allow some other goodies that FOSElasticaBundle has, like a command line way to populate the database.