Using a simple map for ingesting data is not good for simple jobs. The best practice in Spark is to use the case class so that you have fast serialization and can manage complex type checking. During indexing, providing custom IDs can be very handy. In this recipe, we will see how to cover these issues.
Indexing data with meta using Apache Spark
Getting ready
You need an up and running Elasticsearch installation, as we described in the Downloading and installing Elasticsearch recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.
You also need a working installation of Apache Spark.
