[7.12] Update README and CONTRIBUTING.md

Co-authored-by: Seth Michael Larson <seth.larson@elastic.co>

Author: github-actions[bot]

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Python Elasticsearch Client
+# Contributing to the Python Elasticsearch Client
 
 If you have a bugfix or new feature that you would like to contribute to
 elasticsearch-py, please find or open an issue about it first. Talk about what
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ We enjoy working with contributors to get their code accepted. There are many
 approaches to fixing a problem and it is important to find the best approach
 before writing too much code.
 
-## Running Integration Tests
+## Running Elasticsearch locally
 
-Integration tests are run against a live Elasticsearch instance in Docker.
-
-Run the full integration test suite via `$ .ci/run-tests`.
+We've provided a script to start an Elasticsearch cluster of a certain version
+found at `.ci/run-elasticsearch.sh`.
 
 There are several environment variables that control integration tests:
 
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ There are several environment variables that control integration tests:
   without any non-free features or by beginning a Platinum license. Possible options
   are `free` and `platinum`. Defaults to `free` as there are fewer test cases.
 
+**NOTE: You don't need to run the live integration tests for all changes. If
+you don't have Elasticsearch running locally the integration tests will be skipped.**
+
 ## API Code Generation
 
 All the API methods (any method in `elasticsearch.client` classes decorated
@@ -40,18 +42,17 @@ Script](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py/blob/master/utils/generate_a
 
 To run the code generation make sure you have pre-requisites installed:
 
-* by running `pip install -e '.[develop]'`
+* by running `python -m pip install -e '.[develop]'`
 * having the [elasticsearch](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch) repo
   cloned on the same level as `elasticsearch-py` and switched to appropriate
   version
 
 Then you should be able to run the code generation by invoking:
 
 ```
-$ python utils/generate_api.py
+$ python utils/generate-api.py
 ```
 
-
 ## Contributing Code Changes
 
 The process for contributing to any of the Elasticsearch repositories is similar.
@@ -65,24 +66,22 @@ The process for contributing to any of the Elasticsearch repositories is similar
 
 2. Run the linter and test suite to ensure your changes do not break existing code:
 
-    ````
-    # Install Nox for task management
-    $ python -m pip install nox
-    
-    # Auto-format and lint your changes
-    $ nox -s format
+   ```
+   # Install Nox for task management
+   $ python -m pip install nox
    
-    # Run the test suite
-    $ python setup.py test
-    ````
-
-   See the README file in `test_elasticsearch` directory for more information on
-   running the test suite.
+   # Auto-format and lint your changes
+   $ nox -rs format
+   
+   # Run the test suite
+   $ nox -rs test
+   ```
 
 3. Rebase your changes.
    Update your local repository with the most recent code from the main
    elasticsearch-py repository, and rebase your branch on top of the latest master
-   branch. We prefer your changes to be squashed into a single commit.
+   branch. We prefer your changes to be squashed into a single commit for easier
+   backporting.
 
 4. Submit a pull request. Push your local changes to your forked copy of the
    repository and submit a pull request. In the pull request, describe what your

README

@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 Python Elasticsearch Client
 ===========================
 
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/elasticsearch
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/elasticsearch
+
+.. image:: https://pepy.tech/badge/elasticsearch
+   :target: https://pepy.tech/project/elasticsearch?versions=*
+
+.. image:: https://clients-ci.elastic.co/job/elastic+elasticsearch-py+master/badge/icon
+   :target: https://clients-ci.elastic.co/job/elastic+elasticsearch-py+master
+
+.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/elasticsearch-py/badge/?version=latest&style=flat
+   :target: https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io
+
 Official low-level client for Elasticsearch. Its goal is to provide common
 ground for all Elasticsearch-related code in Python; because of this it tries
 to be opinion-free and very extendable.
 
-
 Installation
 ------------
 
@@ -62,7 +73,7 @@ versions are also released as ``elasticsearch2`` and ``elasticsearch5``.
 Example use
 -----------
 
-Simple use-case::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     >>> from datetime import datetime
     >>> from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
@@ -89,17 +100,17 @@ Simple use-case::
     >>> es.get(index="my-index", id=42)['_source']
     {'any': 'data', 'timestamp': '2019-05-17T17:28:10.329598'}
 
-`Full documentation`_.
+Elastic Cloud (and SSL) use-case:
 
-.. _Full documentation: https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io/
-
-Elastic Cloud (and SSL) use-case::
+.. code-block:: python
 
     >>> from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
     >>> es = Elasticsearch(cloud_id="<some_long_cloud_id>", http_auth=('elastic','yourpassword'))
     >>> es.info()
 
-Using SSL Context with a self-signed cert use-case::
+Using SSL Context with a self-signed cert use-case:
+
+.. code-block:: python
 
     >>> from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
     >>> from ssl import create_default_context
@@ -114,16 +125,16 @@ Features
 
 The client's features include:
 
- * translating basic Python data types to and from json (datetimes are not
-   decoded for performance reasons)
- * configurable automatic discovery of cluster nodes
- * persistent connections
- * load balancing (with pluggable selection strategy) across all available nodes
- * failed connection penalization (time based - failed connections won't be
-   retried until a timeout is reached)
- * support for ssl and http authentication
- * thread safety
- * pluggable architecture
+* translating basic Python data types to and from json (datetimes are not
+  decoded for performance reasons)
+* configurable automatic discovery of cluster nodes
+* persistent connections
+* load balancing (with pluggable selection strategy) across all available nodes
+* failed connection penalization (time based - failed connections won't be
+  retried until a timeout is reached)
+* support for ssl and http authentication
+* thread safety
+* pluggable architecture
 
 
 Elasticsearch-DSL
@@ -163,11 +174,3 @@ 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.
-
-Build Status
-------------
-.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/elasticsearch-py/badge/?version=latest&style=flat
-   :target: https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io/en/master/
-
-.. image:: https://clients-ci.elastic.co/job/elastic+elasticsearch-py+master/badge/icon
-   :target: https://clients-ci.elastic.co/job/elastic+elasticsearch-py+master/