use request converter to generate examples

.gitignore

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 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
+node_modules
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template

utils/generate-docs-examples/generate-docs-examples1/README.md

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+This directory contains a script that generates the Python documentation examples in `docs/examples`.
+
+To use this script you need a recent version of Node.js (18+). First install the dependencies:
+
+```bash
+cd utils/generate-docs-examples
+npm install
+```
+
+Then run the script as follows:
+
+```bash
+node generate-docs-examples.js
+```

utils/generate-docs-examples/generate-docs-examples1/generate-docs-examples.js

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+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+const { join } = require('path')
+const { writeFile } = require('fs/promises')
+const fetch = require('node-fetch')
+const rimraf = require('rimraf')
+const ora = require('ora')
+const { convertRequests } = require('@elastic/request-converter')
+const minimist = require('minimist')
+
+const docsExamplesDir = join(__dirname, '../../docs', 'examples')
+
+const log = ora('Generating example snippets')
+
+const failures = {}
+
+async function getAlternativesReport (version = 'master') {
+  const reportUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/built-docs/master/raw/en/elasticsearch/reference/${version}/alternatives_report.json`
+  const response = await fetch(reportUrl)
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    log.fail(`unexpected response ${response.statusText}`)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+  return await response.json()
+}
+
+async function makeSnippet (example) {
+  const { source, digest } = example
+  const fileName = `${digest}.asciidoc`
+  const filePath = join(docsExamplesDir, fileName)
+
+  try {
+    const code = await convertRequests(source, 'python', {
+      complete: false,
+      printResponse: true
+    })
+    await writeFile(filePath, asciidocWrapper(code, example), 'utf8')
+  } catch (err) {
+    failures[digest] = err.message
+  }
+}
+
+async function generate (version) {
+  log.start()
+
+  rimraf.sync(join(docsExamplesDir, '*'))
+
+  log.text = `Downloading alternatives report for version ${version}`
+  const examples = await getAlternativesReport(version)
+
+  let counter = 1
+  for (const example of examples) {
+    log.text = `${counter++}/${examples.length}: ${example.digest}`
+
+    // skip over bad request definitions
+    if (example.source.startsWith('{') || example.source.endsWith('...')) {
+      failures[example.digest] = 'Incomplete request syntax'
+      continue
+    }
+
+    await makeSnippet(example)
+  }
+}
+
+function asciidocWrapper (source, example) {
+  return `// This file is autogenerated, DO NOT EDIT
+// ${example.source_location.file}:${example.source_location.line}
+
+[source, python]
+----
+${source.trim()}
+----
+`
+}
+
+const options = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
+  string: ['version'],
+  default: {
+    version: 'master'
+  }
+})
+
+generate(options.version)
+  .then(() => log.succeed('done!'))
+  .catch(err => log.fail(err.message))
+  .finally(() => {
+    const keys = Object.keys(failures)
+    if (keys.length > 0) {
+      let message = 'Some examples failed to generate:\n\n'
+      for (const key of keys) {
+        message += `${key}: ${failures[key]}\n`
+      }
+      console.error(message)
+    }
+  })