old_contents: from elasticsearch.helpers.test import get_test_client, ElasticsearchTestCase as BaseTestCase
  
  client = None
  
  def get_client():
      global client
      if client is not None:
          return client
  
      # try and locate manual override in the local environment
      try:
          from test_elasticsearch.local import get_client as local_get_client
          client = local_get_client()
      except ImportError:
          # fallback to using vanilla client
          client = get_test_client()
  
      return client
  
  
  def setup():
      get_client()
  
  class ElasticsearchTestCase(BaseTestCase):
      @staticmethod
      def _get_client():
          return get_client()
  
new_contents: from elasticsearch.helpers.test import get_test_client, ElasticsearchTestCase as BaseTestCase
  
  client = None
  
  def get_client(**kwargs):
      global client
      if client is not None and not kwargs:
          return client
  
      # try and locate manual override in the local environment
      try:
          from test_elasticsearch.local import get_client as local_get_client
          new_client = local_get_client(**kwargs)
      except ImportError:
          # fallback to using vanilla client
          new_client = get_test_client(**kwargs)
  
      if not kwargs:
          client = new_client
  
      return new_client
  
  
  def setup():
      get_client()
  
  class ElasticsearchTestCase(BaseTestCase):
      @staticmethod
      def _get_client(**kwargs):
          return get_client(**kwargs)
  
subject: Allow test client to be created with kwargs