Generate these structures using https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification and make them available through elasticsearch.types.* modules. This will allow having type-hints for APIs, especially useful for complex structures like query DSL:

from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch from elasticsearch.types import ExpandWildcards, MatchQuery client = Elasticsearch() client.search( index="index", expand_wildcards=[ExpandWildcards.OPEN, ExpandWildcards.CLOSED], query={ "match": { "field": MatchQuery(query="text") } } )

All of these structures would be serialized to the proper JSON/HTTP structures before being handed to the transport layer.