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== About
=== Features
  * One-to-one mapping with REST API
  * Configurable, automatic discovery of cluster nodes
  * Persistent, Keep-Alive connections
  * Intelligent handling of node/connection failure
  * Load balancing (with plug-able selection strategy) across all available nodes.
  * Works great in node, as well as modern browsers (many thanks to https://github.com/substack/node-browserify[browserify]!).
  * Generalized, plug-able, and highly configurable architecture. You can change anything! See <<extending_core_components>>

=== Install in Node

[source,shell]
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npm install --save elasticsearch
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=== Browser Builds
See <<browser-builds>>