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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import requests
+import json
+import logging
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+# Set up logging
+log_format = "[%(asctime)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format=log_format)
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+HELP_DESCRIPTION = """
+This is a utility script for migrating shards in the
+Elasticsearch cluster when adding/removing nodes.
+"""
+
+HELP_EXAMPLE = """
+Example: ./indices_migration.py --host http://localhost:9200
+"""
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(
+        prog="Elasticsearch shard migration tool",
+        description=HELP_DESCRIPTION,
+        epilog=HELP_EXAMPLE,
+    )
+    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-H",
+        "--host",
+        dest="es_host",
+        default="http://localhost:9200",
+        help="Elasticsearch host.",
+    )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-N",
+        "--nodes-to-exclude",
+        action="append",
+        help="Nodes to migrate shards from.",
+    )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-S",
+        "--show-nodes",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Show nodes in the cluster and exit",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-O",
+        "--output",
+        choices=["table", "json"],
+        default="table",
+        help="Output format for --show-nodes (choices: table, json). Default is table.",
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+class Node:
+    def __init__(self, ip, name, master):
+        """
+        Initialize Elasticsearch node object with the IP, name and master flag.
+        :param ip: IP address of the ES node host.
+        :param name: Name of the ES node host.
+        :param master: Boolean flag indicating if node is master.
+        """
+        self.ip = ip
+        self.name = name
+        self.master = master
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """
+        Return node string representation.
+        """
+        return f"{self.name} ({self.ip}) ({self.is_master})"
+
+    def to_json(self):
+        """
+        Return the node as a dictionary suitable for JSON output.
+        """
+        return {"name": self.name, "ip": self.ip, "master": self.master}
+
+
+class Elasticsearch:
+    def __init__(self, host):
+        """
+        Initialize Elasticsearch client with the specified host.
+        :param host: Elasticsearch host URL.
+        """
+        self.host = host
+        self.nodes = self.__get_nodes()
+
+    def __get_nodes(self):
+        """
+        Get all nodes in the ES cluster and return a list of Node objects.
+        """
+        url = f"{self.host}/_cat/nodes?format=json"
+        try:
+            LOG.info("Fetching all nodes in the ES cluster.")
+            response = requests.request("GET", url)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return [
+                Node(node["ip"], node["name"], node["master"] == "*")
+                for node in response.json()
+            ]
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            LOG.error(f"Error fetching nodes from ES cluster: {e}")
+            return []
+
+    def show_nodes(self, output_format="table"):
+        """
+        Print Elasticsearch cluster nodes in either table or JSON format.
+        :param output_format: 'table' for a human-readable table, 'json' for raw JSON output.
+        """
+        if output_format == "json":
+            nodes_data = [node.to_json() for node in self.nodes]
+            print(json.dumps(nodes_data, indent=2))
+        else:
+            print(f"\n{'ID':<4} {'Name':<30} {'IP':<16} {'Master':<10}")
+            print("-" * 60)
+            for idx, node in enumerate(self.nodes, start=1):
+                print(f"{idx:<4} {node.name:<30} {node.ip:<16} {node.master:<10}")
+
+    def migrate_shards(self, nodes_to_exclude):
+        """
+        Exclude selected Node objects from new shard allocations in the cluster
+        and migrate all of the existing shards on them to other nodes.
+        :param nodes_to_exclude: List of Node objects to be excluded.
+        """
+        if not nodes_to_exclude:
+            raise ValueError("The nodes_to_exclude list cannot be empty.")
+
+        try:
+            ip_list = ",".join([node.ip for node in nodes_to_exclude])
+            LOG.info(f"Migrating shards from nodes: {ip_list}")
+
+            body = {"persistent": {"cluster.routing.allocation.exclude._ip": ip_list}}
+
+            url = f"{self.host}/_cluster/settings"
+            response = requests.request(
+                "PUT",
+                url,
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                data=json.dumps(body),
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            LOG.info(f"Successfully started shard migration from nodes: {ip_list}")
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+            LOG.error(f"Error starting shard migration: {e}")
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    es_host = args.es_host
+    nodes_to_exclude = args.nodes_to_exclude
+    show_nodes = args.show_nodes
+
+    es = Elasticsearch(es_host)
+
+    if not es.nodes:
+        LOG.warning("No nodes available in the cluster.")
+        return
+
+    if show_nodes:
+        output_format = args.output
+        LOG.info(f"Showing nodes in ES cluster in {output_format} format and exiting.")
+        es.show_nodes(output_format)
+        return
+
+    nodes_in_cluster = lambda node: node.name in nodes_to_exclude
+    if nodes_to_exclude:
+        es.migrate_shards(list(filter(nodes_in_cluster, es.nodes)))
+    else:
+        LOG.info("No nodes selected.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()