1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BytesRestResponse.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BytesRestResponse.java
index 2d45bc1765..a7b709625c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BytesRestResponse.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/BytesRestResponse.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLoggerFactory;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -146,6 +147,13 @@ public class BytesRestResponse extends RestResponse {
         return builder;
     }
 
+    static BytesRestResponse createSimpleErrorResponse(RestStatus status, String errorMessage) throws IOException {
+        return new BytesRestResponse(status, JsonXContent.contentBuilder().startObject()
+            .field("error", errorMessage)
+            .field("status", status.getStatus())
+            .endObject());
+    }
+
     public static ElasticsearchStatusException errorFromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
         XContentParser.Token token = parser.nextToken();
         ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT, token, parser::getTokenLocation);