"connect_timeout"

Unlike most HTTP backends, Hijk accepts a separate "connect_timeout" parameter, which defaults to 2 seconds but can be reduced in an environment with low network latency.

Inherited configuration

From Search::Elasticsearch::Role::Cxn

• node
• max_content_length
• deflate
• deflate
• request_timeout
• ping_timeout
• dead_timeout
• max_dead_timeout
• sniff_request_timeout
• sniff_timeout
• handle_args
• handle_args

"perform_request()"

    ($status,$body) = $self->perform_request({
        # required
        method      => 'GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|DELETE',
        path        => '/path/of/request',
        qs          => \%query_string_params,
        # optional
        data        => $body_as_string,
        mime_type   => 'application/json',
        timeout     => $timeout
    });

Sends the request to the associated Elasticsearch node and returns a $status code and the decoded response $body, or throws an error if the request failed.

Inherited methods

From Search::Elasticsearch::Role::Cxn

• scheme()
• is_https()
• userinfo()
• default_headers()
• max_content_length()
• build_uri()
• host()
• port()
• uri()
• is_dead()
• is_live()
• next_ping()
• ping_failures()
• mark_dead()
• mark_live()
• force_ping()
• pings_ok()
• sniff()
• process_response()