From 52916fc5f70eecef4f30f516045d0edc44bce65e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chad Hoersten <choersten@prodivnet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 10:03:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added indexExists to check if the index already exists

---
 src/ElasticquentTrait.php | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ElasticquentTrait.php b/src/ElasticquentTrait.php
index a23e7c4..1d449cb 100644
--- a/src/ElasticquentTrait.php
+++ b/src/ElasticquentTrait.php
@@ -503,6 +503,26 @@ public static function rebuildMapping()
         return $instance->putMapping();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Index Exists.
+     *
+     * Does this index exist?
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function indexExists()
+    {
+        $instance = new static;
+
+        $client = $instance->getElasticSearchClient();
+
+        $index = array(
+            'index' => $instance->getIndexName(),
+        );
+
+        return $client->indices()->exists($index);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create Index
      *