SQL: add support for passing query parameters in REST API calls (#51029) (#51222)

* REST PreparedStatement-like query parameters are now supported in the form of an array of non-object, non-array values where ES SQL parser will try to infer the data type of the value being passed as parameter.

(cherry picked from commit 45b8bf619aecb1c03d7bc0cf06928dcc36005a66)

docs/reference/sql/endpoints/rest.asciidoc

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 * <<sql-pagination>>
 * <<sql-rest-filtering>>
 * <<sql-rest-columnar>>
+* <<sql-rest-params>>
 * <<sql-rest-fields>>
 
 [[sql-rest-overview]]
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ Which will like return the
 [[sql-rest-filtering]]
 === Filtering using {es} query DSL
 
-You can filter the results that SQL will run on using a standard
+One can filter the results that SQL will run on using a standard
 {es} query DSL by specifying the query in the filter
 parameter.
 
@@ -442,6 +443,36 @@ Which looks like:
 --------------------------------------------------
 // TESTRESPONSE[s/46ToAwFzQERYRjFaWEo1UVc1a1JtVjBZMmdCQUFBQUFBQUFBQUVXWjBaNlFXbzNOV0pVY21Wa1NUZDJhV2t3V2xwblp3PT3\/\/\/\/\/DwQBZgZhdXRob3IBBHRleHQAAAFmBG5hbWUBBHRleHQAAAFmCnBhZ2VfY291bnQBBGxvbmcBAAFmDHJlbGVhc2VfZGF0ZQEIZGF0ZXRpbWUBAAEP/$body.cursor/]
 
+[[sql-rest-params]]
+=== Passing parameters to a query
+
+Using values in a query condition, for example, or in a `HAVING` statement can be done "inline",
+by integrating the value in the query string itself:
+
+[source,console]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST /_sql?format=txt
+{
+	"query": "SELECT YEAR(release_date) AS year FROM library WHERE page_count > 300 AND author = 'Frank Herbert' GROUP BY year HAVING COUNT(*) > 0"
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// TEST[setup:library]
+
+or it can be done by extracting the values in a separate list of parameters and using question mark placeholders (`?`) in the query string:
+
+[source,console]
+--------------------------------------------------
+POST /_sql?format=txt
+{
+	"query": "SELECT YEAR(release_date) AS year FROM library WHERE page_count > ? AND author = ? GROUP BY year HAVING COUNT(*) > ?",
+	"params": [300, "Frank Herbert", 0]
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// TEST[setup:library]
+
+[IMPORTANT]
+The recommended way of passing values to a query is with question mark placeholders, to avoid any attempts of hacking or SQL injection.
+
 [[sql-rest-fields]]
 === Supported REST parameters
 
@@ -495,6 +526,10 @@ More information available https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Z
 |false
 |Whether to include <<frozen-indices, frozen-indices>> in the query execution or not (default).
 
+|params
+|none
+|Optional list of parameters to replace question mark (`?`) placeholders inside the query.
+
 |===
 
 Do note that most parameters (outside the timeout and `columnar` ones) make sense only during the initial query - any follow-up pagination request only requires the `cursor` parameter as explained in the <<sql-pagination, pagination>> chapter.

x-pack/plugin/sql/qa/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/qa/rest/RestSqlTestCase.java

@@ -544,8 +544,11 @@ public abstract class RestSqlTestCase extends BaseRestSqlTestCase implements Err
         } else {
             expected.put("rows", Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList("foo", 10)));
         }
+        
+        String params = mode.equals("jdbc") ? "{\"type\": \"integer\", \"value\": 10}, {\"type\": \"keyword\", \"value\": \"foo\"}" :
+            "10, \"foo\"";
         assertResponse(expected, runSql(new StringEntity("{\"query\":\"SELECT test, ? param FROM test WHERE test = ?\", " +
-                "\"params\":[{\"type\": \"integer\", \"value\": 10}, {\"type\": \"keyword\", \"value\": \"foo\"}]"
+                "\"params\":[" + params + "]"
                 + mode(mode) + columnarParameter(columnar) + "}", ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON), StringUtils.EMPTY, mode));
     }
 

x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/AbstractSqlQueryRequest.java

@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.ValueType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentFragment;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentLocation;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParseException;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser.Token;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.Mode;
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.SqlTypedParamValue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlQueryRequest extends AbstractSqlRequest impleme
         parser.declareString(AbstractSqlQueryRequest::query, QUERY);
         parser.declareString((request, mode) -> request.mode(Mode.fromString(mode)), MODE);
         parser.declareString((request, clientId) -> request.clientId(clientId), CLIENT_ID);
-        parser.declareObjectArray(AbstractSqlQueryRequest::params, (p, c) -> SqlTypedParamValue.fromXContent(p), PARAMS);
+        parser.declareField(AbstractSqlQueryRequest::params, AbstractSqlQueryRequest::parseParams, PARAMS, ValueType.VALUE_ARRAY);
         parser.declareString((request, zoneId) -> request.zoneId(ZoneId.of(zoneId)), TIME_ZONE);
         parser.declareInt(AbstractSqlQueryRequest::fetchSize, FETCH_SIZE);
         parser.declareString((request, timeout) -> request.requestTimeout(TimeValue.parseTimeValue(timeout, Protocol.REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
@@ -118,6 +124,87 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlQueryRequest extends AbstractSqlRequest impleme
         return this;
     }
     
+    private static List<SqlTypedParamValue> parseParams(XContentParser p) throws IOException {
+        List<SqlTypedParamValue> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        Token token = p.currentToken();
+        
+        if (token == Token.START_ARRAY) {
+            Object value = null;
+            String type = null;
+            SqlTypedParamValue previousParam = null;
+            SqlTypedParamValue currentParam = null;
+            
+            while ((token = p.nextToken()) != Token.END_ARRAY) {
+                XContentLocation loc = p.getTokenLocation();
+                
+                if (token == Token.START_OBJECT) {
+                    // we are at the start of a value/type pair... hopefully
+                    currentParam = SqlTypedParamValue.fromXContent(p);
+                    /*
+                     * Always set the xcontentlocation for the first param just in case the first one happens to not meet the parsing rules
+                     * that are checked later in validateParams method.
+                     * Also, set the xcontentlocation of the param that is different from the previous param in list when it comes to 
+                     * its type being explicitly set or inferred.
+                     */
+                    if ((previousParam != null && previousParam.hasExplicitType() == false) || result.isEmpty()) {
+                        currentParam.tokenLocation(loc);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (token == Token.VALUE_STRING) {
+                        value = p.text();
+                        type = "keyword";
+                    } else if (token == Token.VALUE_NUMBER) {
+                        XContentParser.NumberType numberType = p.numberType();
+                        if (numberType == XContentParser.NumberType.INT) {
+                            value = p.intValue();
+                            type = "integer";
+                        } else if (numberType == XContentParser.NumberType.LONG) {
+                            value = p.longValue();
+                            type = "long";
+                        } else if (numberType == XContentParser.NumberType.FLOAT) {
+                            value = p.floatValue();
+                            type = "float";
+                        } else if (numberType == XContentParser.NumberType.DOUBLE) {
+                            value = p.doubleValue();
+                            type = "double";
+                        }
+                    } else if (token == Token.VALUE_BOOLEAN) {
+                        value = p.booleanValue();
+                        type = "boolean";
+                    } else if (token == Token.VALUE_NULL) {
+                        value = null;
+                        type = "null";
+                    } else {
+                        throw new XContentParseException(loc, "Failed to parse object: unexpected token [" + token + "] found");
+                    }
+                    
+                    currentParam = new SqlTypedParamValue(type, value, false);
+                    if ((previousParam != null && previousParam.hasExplicitType() == true) || result.isEmpty()) {
+                        currentParam.tokenLocation(loc);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                result.add(currentParam);
+                previousParam = currentParam;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return result;
+    }
+    
+    protected static void validateParams(List<SqlTypedParamValue> params, Mode mode) {
+        for(SqlTypedParamValue param : params) {            
+            if (Mode.isDriver(mode) && param.hasExplicitType() == false) {
+                throw new XContentParseException(param.tokenLocation(), "[params] must be an array where each entry is an object with a "
+                        + "value/type pair");
+            }
+            if (Mode.isDriver(mode) == false && param.hasExplicitType() == true) {
+                throw new XContentParseException(param.tokenLocation(), "[params] must be an array where each entry is a single field (no "
+                        + "objects supported)");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * The client's time zone
      */
@@ -204,10 +291,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlQueryRequest extends AbstractSqlRequest impleme
     public static void writeSqlTypedParamValue(StreamOutput out, SqlTypedParamValue value) throws IOException {
         out.writeString(value.type);
         out.writeGenericValue(value.value);
+        out.writeBoolean(value.hasExplicitType());
     }
 
     public static SqlTypedParamValue readSqlTypedParamValue(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        return new SqlTypedParamValue(in.readString(), in.readGenericValue());
+        return new SqlTypedParamValue(in.readString(), in.readGenericValue(), in.readBoolean());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -248,6 +336,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlQueryRequest extends AbstractSqlRequest impleme
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(super.hashCode(), query, zoneId, fetchSize, requestTimeout, pageTimeout, filter);
+        return Objects.hash(super.hashCode(), query, params, zoneId, fetchSize, requestTimeout, pageTimeout, filter);
     }
 }

x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlQueryRequest.java

@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ public class SqlQueryRequest extends AbstractSqlQueryRequest {
     }
 
     public static SqlQueryRequest fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
-        return PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        SqlQueryRequest request = PARSER.apply(parser,  null);
+        validateParams(request.params(), request.mode());
+        return request;
     }
 }

x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlTranslateRequest.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class SqlTranslateRequest extends AbstractSqlQueryRequest {
 
     public static SqlTranslateRequest fromXContent(XContentParser parser) {
         SqlTranslateRequest request = PARSER.apply(parser, null);
+        validateParams(request.params(), request.mode());
         return request;
     }
 

x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlQueryRequestTests.java

@@ -5,31 +5,37 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Writeable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractSerializingTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractWireSerializingTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.Mode;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.Protocol;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.RequestInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.SqlTypedParamValue;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.AbstractXContentTestCase.xContentTester;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action.SqlTestUtils.randomFilter;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action.SqlTestUtils.randomFilterOrNull;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.proto.RequestInfo.CLIENT_IDS;
 
-public class SqlQueryRequestTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<SqlQueryRequest> {
+public class SqlQueryRequestTests extends AbstractWireSerializingTestCase<SqlQueryRequest> {
 
     public RequestInfo requestInfo;
 
@@ -60,49 +66,16 @@ public class SqlQueryRequestTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<SqlQueryRe
         );
     }
     
-    private RequestInfo randomRequestInfo() {
-        return new RequestInfo(randomFrom(Mode.values()), randomFrom(randomFrom(CLIENT_IDS), requestInfo.clientId()));
-    }
-
-    public List<SqlTypedParamValue> randomParameters() {
-        if (randomBoolean()) {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
-        } else {
-            int len = randomIntBetween(1, 10);
-            List<SqlTypedParamValue> arr = new ArrayList<>(len);
-            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Supplier<SqlTypedParamValue> supplier = randomFrom(
-                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("boolean", randomBoolean()),
-                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("long", randomLong()),
-                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("double", randomDouble()),
-                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("null", null),
-                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("keyword", randomAlphaOfLength(10))
-                );
-                arr.add(supplier.get());
-            }
-            return Collections.unmodifiableList(arr);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected Writeable.Reader<SqlQueryRequest> instanceReader() {
         return SqlQueryRequest::new;
     }
 
-    private TimeValue randomTV() {
-        return TimeValue.parseTimeValue(randomTimeValue(), null, "test");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected SqlQueryRequest doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) {
-        return SqlQueryRequest.fromXContent(parser);
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected SqlQueryRequest mutateInstance(SqlQueryRequest instance) {
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         Consumer<SqlQueryRequest> mutator = randomFrom(
-                request -> request.requestInfo(randomValueOtherThan(request.requestInfo(), this::randomRequestInfo)),
+                request -> mutateRequestInfo(instance, request),
                 request -> request.query(randomValueOtherThan(request.query(), () -> randomAlphaOfLength(5))),
                 request -> request.params(randomValueOtherThan(request.params(), this::randomParameters)),
                 request -> request.zoneId(randomValueOtherThan(request.zoneId(), ESTestCase::randomZone)),
@@ -120,9 +93,134 @@ public class SqlQueryRequestTests extends AbstractSerializingTestCase<SqlQueryRe
         return newRequest;
     }
     
+    private AbstractSqlQueryRequest mutateRequestInfo(SqlQueryRequest oldRequest, SqlQueryRequest newRequest) {
+        RequestInfo requestInfo = randomValueOtherThan(newRequest.requestInfo(), this::randomRequestInfo);
+        newRequest.requestInfo(requestInfo);
+        if (Mode.isDriver(oldRequest.requestInfo().mode()) && Mode.isDriver(requestInfo.mode()) == false) {
+            for(SqlTypedParamValue param : oldRequest.params()) {
+                param.hasExplicitType(false);
+            }
+        }
+        if (Mode.isDriver(oldRequest.requestInfo().mode()) == false && Mode.isDriver(requestInfo.mode())) {
+            for(SqlTypedParamValue param : oldRequest.params()) {
+                param.hasExplicitType(true);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return newRequest;
+    }
+    
+    public void testFromXContent() throws IOException {
+        xContentTester(this::createParser, this::createTestInstance, SqlQueryRequestTests::toXContent, this::doParseInstance)
+            .numberOfTestRuns(NUMBER_OF_TEST_RUNS)
+            .supportsUnknownFields(false)
+            .shuffleFieldsExceptions(Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY)
+            .randomFieldsExcludeFilter(field -> false)
+            .assertEqualsConsumer(this::assertEqualInstances)
+            .assertToXContentEquivalence(true)
+            .test();
+    }
+
     public void testTimeZoneNullException() {
         final SqlQueryRequest sqlQueryRequest = createTestInstance();
         IllegalArgumentException e = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> sqlQueryRequest.zoneId(null));
         assertEquals("time zone may not be null.", e.getMessage());
     }
+    
+    private RequestInfo randomRequestInfo() {
+        return new RequestInfo(randomFrom(Mode.values()), randomFrom(randomFrom(CLIENT_IDS), requestInfo.clientId()));
+    }
+    
+    private TimeValue randomTV() {
+        return TimeValue.parseTimeValue(randomTimeValue(), null, "test");
+    }
+
+    public List<SqlTypedParamValue> randomParameters() {
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        } else {
+            int len = randomIntBetween(1, 10);
+            List<SqlTypedParamValue> arr = new ArrayList<>(len);
+            boolean hasExplicitType = Mode.isDriver(this.requestInfo.mode());
+            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Supplier<SqlTypedParamValue> supplier = randomFrom(
+                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("boolean", randomBoolean(), hasExplicitType),
+                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("long", randomLong(), hasExplicitType),
+                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("double", randomDouble(), hasExplicitType),
+                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("null", null, hasExplicitType),
+                        () -> new SqlTypedParamValue("keyword", randomAlphaOfLength(10), hasExplicitType)
+                );
+                arr.add(supplier.get());
+            }
+            return Collections.unmodifiableList(arr);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private SqlQueryRequest doParseInstance(XContentParser parser) {
+        return SqlQueryRequest.fromXContent(parser);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is needed because {@link SqlQueryRequest#toXContent(XContentBuilder, org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent.Params)}
+     * is not serializing {@link SqlTypedParamValue} according to the request's {@link Mode} and it shouldn't, in fact.
+     * For testing purposes, different serializing methods for {@link SqlTypedParamValue} are necessary so that
+     * {@link SqlQueryRequest#fromXContent(XContentParser)} populates {@link SqlTypedParamValue#hasExplicitType()}
+     * properly.
+     */
+    private static void toXContent(SqlQueryRequest request, XContentBuilder builder) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject();
+        if (request.query() != null) {
+            builder.field("query", request.query());
+        }
+        builder.field("mode", request.mode().toString());
+        if (request.clientId() != null) {
+            builder.field("client_id", request.clientId());
+        }
+        if (request.params() != null && request.params().isEmpty() == false) {
+            builder.startArray("params");
+            for (SqlTypedParamValue val : request.params()) {
+                if (Mode.isDriver(request.mode())) {
+                    builder.startObject();
+                    builder.field("type", val.type);
+                    builder.field("value", val.value);
+                    builder.endObject();
+                } else {
+                    builder.value(val.value);
+                }
+            }
+            builder.endArray();
+        }
+        if (request.zoneId() != null) {
+            builder.field("time_zone", request.zoneId().getId());
+        }
+        if (request.fetchSize() != Protocol.FETCH_SIZE) {
+            builder.field("fetch_size", request.fetchSize());
+        }
+        if (request.requestTimeout() != Protocol.REQUEST_TIMEOUT) {
+            builder.field("request_timeout", request.requestTimeout().getStringRep());
+        }
+        if (request.pageTimeout() != Protocol.PAGE_TIMEOUT) {
+            builder.field("page_timeout", request.pageTimeout().getStringRep());
+        }
+        if (request.filter() != null) {
+            builder.field("filter");
+            request.filter().toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+        }
+        if (request.columnar() != null) {
+            builder.field("columnar", request.columnar());
+        }
+        if (request.fieldMultiValueLeniency()) {
+            builder.field("field_multi_value_leniency", request.fieldMultiValueLeniency());
+        }
+        if (request.indexIncludeFrozen()) {
+            builder.field("index_include_frozen", request.indexIncludeFrozen());
+        }
+        if (request.binaryCommunication() != null) {
+            builder.field("binary_format", request.binaryCommunication());
+        }
+        if (request.cursor() != null) {
+            builder.field("cursor", request.cursor());
+        }
+        builder.endObject();
+    }
 }

x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/action/SqlRequestParsersTests.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.action;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 
 public class SqlRequestParsersTests extends ESTestCase {
 
@@ -105,23 +106,139 @@ public class SqlRequestParsersTests extends ESTestCase {
                 SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
         
         Mode randomMode = randomFrom(Mode.values());
+        String params;
+        List<SqlTypedParamValue> list = new ArrayList<>(1);
+        
+        if (Mode.isDriver(randomMode)) {
+            params = "{\"value\":123, \"type\":\"whatever\"}";
+            list.add(new SqlTypedParamValue("whatever", 123, true));
+        } else {
+            params = "123";
+            list.add(new SqlTypedParamValue("integer", 123, false));
+        }
+        
         SqlQueryRequest request = generateRequest("{\"cursor\" : \"whatever\", \"mode\" : \""
                 + randomMode.toString() + "\", \"client_id\" : \"bla\","
-                + "\"query\":\"select\",\"params\":[{\"value\":123, \"type\":\"whatever\"}], \"time_zone\":\"UTC\","
+                + "\"query\":\"select\","
+                + "\"params\":[" + params + "],"
+                + " \"time_zone\":\"UTC\","
                 + "\"request_timeout\":\"5s\",\"page_timeout\":\"10s\"}", SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
         assertNull(request.clientId());
         assertEquals(randomMode, request.mode());
         assertEquals("whatever", request.cursor());
         assertEquals("select", request.query());
 
-        List<SqlTypedParamValue> list = new ArrayList<>(1);
-        list.add(new SqlTypedParamValue("whatever", 123));
         assertEquals(list, request.params());
         assertEquals("UTC", request.zoneId().getId());
         assertEquals(TimeValue.parseTimeValue("5s", "request_timeout"), request.requestTimeout());
         assertEquals(TimeValue.parseTimeValue("10s", "page_timeout"), request.pageTimeout());
     }
     
+    public void testParamsSuccessfulParsingInDriverMode() throws IOException {
+        Mode driverMode = randomValueOtherThanMany((m) -> Mode.isDriver(m) == false, () -> randomFrom(Mode.values()));
+        String json = "{" + 
+                      "    \"params\":[{\"type\":\"integer\",\"value\":35000},"
+                      + "              {\"type\":\"date\",\"value\":\"1960-01-01\"},"
+                      + "              {\"type\":\"boolean\",\"value\":false},"
+                      + "              {\"type\":\"keyword\",\"value\":\"foo\"}]," + 
+                      "    \"mode\": \"" + driverMode.toString() + "\"" + 
+                      "}";
+        SqlQueryRequest request = generateRequest(json, SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+        List<SqlTypedParamValue> params = request.params();
+        assertEquals(4, params.size());
+        
+        assertEquals(35000, params.get(0).value);
+        assertEquals("integer", params.get(0).type);
+        assertTrue(params.get(0).hasExplicitType());
+        
+        assertEquals("1960-01-01", params.get(1).value);
+        assertEquals("date", params.get(1).type);
+        assertTrue(params.get(1).hasExplicitType());
+        
+        assertEquals(false, params.get(2).value);
+        assertEquals("boolean", params.get(2).type);
+        assertTrue(params.get(2).hasExplicitType());
+        
+        assertEquals("foo", params.get(3).value);
+        assertEquals("keyword", params.get(3).type);
+        assertTrue(params.get(3).hasExplicitType());
+    }
+    
+    public void testParamsSuccessfulParsingInNonDriverMode() throws IOException {
+        Mode nonDriverMode = randomValueOtherThanMany(Mode::isDriver, () -> randomFrom(Mode.values()));
+        String json = "{" + 
+                      "    \"params\":[35000,\"1960-01-01\",false,\"foo\"]," + 
+                      "    \"mode\": \"" + nonDriverMode.toString() + "\"" + 
+                      "}";
+        SqlQueryRequest request = generateRequest(json, SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+        List<SqlTypedParamValue> params = request.params();
+        assertEquals(4, params.size());
+        
+        assertEquals(35000, params.get(0).value);
+        assertEquals("integer", params.get(0).type);
+        assertFalse(params.get(0).hasExplicitType());
+        
+        assertEquals("1960-01-01", params.get(1).value);
+        assertEquals("keyword", params.get(1).type);
+        assertFalse(params.get(1).hasExplicitType());
+        
+        assertEquals(false, params.get(2).value);
+        assertEquals("boolean", params.get(2).type);
+        assertFalse(params.get(2).hasExplicitType());
+        
+        assertEquals("foo", params.get(3).value);
+        assertEquals("keyword", params.get(3).type);
+        assertFalse(params.get(3).hasExplicitType());
+    }
+    
+    public void testParamsParsingFailure_QueryRequest_NonDriver() throws IOException {
+        Mode m = randomValueOtherThanMany(Mode::isDriver, () -> randomFrom(Mode.values()));
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"params\":[{\"whatever\":35000},\"1960-01-01\",false,\"foo\"],\"mode\": \""
+                + m.toString() + "\"}",
+                "[sql/query] failed to parse field [params]",
+                SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"params\":[350.123,\"1960-01-01\",{\"foobar\":false},\"foo\"],\"mode\": \"}"
+                + m.toString() + "\"}",
+                "[sql/query] failed to parse field [params]",
+                SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"mode\": \"" + m.toString() + "\",\"params\":[350.123,\"1960-01-01\",false,"
+                + "{\"type\":\"keyword\",\"value\":\"foo\"}]}",
+                "[params] must be an array where each entry is a single field (no objects supported)",
+                SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+    }
+    
+    public void testParamsParsingFailure_TranslateRequest_NonDriver() throws IOException {
+        Mode m = randomValueOtherThanMany(Mode::isDriver, () -> randomFrom(Mode.values()));
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"params\":[{\"whatever\":35000},\"1960-01-01\",false,\"foo\"],\"mode\": \""
+                + m.toString() + "\"}",
+                "[sql/query] failed to parse field [params]",
+                SqlTranslateRequest::fromXContent);
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"params\":[350.123,\"1960-01-01\",{\"foobar\":false},\"foo\"],\"mode\": \"}"
+                + m.toString() + "\"}",
+                "[sql/query] failed to parse field [params]",
+                SqlTranslateRequest::fromXContent);
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"mode\": \"" + m.toString() + "\",\"params\":[350.123,\"1960-01-01\",false,"
+                + "{\"type\":\"keyword\",\"value\":\"foo\"}]}",
+                "[params] must be an array where each entry is a single field (no objects supported)",
+                SqlTranslateRequest::fromXContent);
+    }
+    
+    public void testParamsParsingFailure_Driver() throws IOException {
+        Mode m = randomValueOtherThanMany((t) -> Mode.isDriver(t) == false, () -> randomFrom(Mode.values()));
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"params\":[35000,{\"value\":\"1960-01-01\",\"type\":\"date\"},{\"value\":\"foo\","
+                + "\"type\":\"keyword\"}],\"mode\": \"" + m.toString() + "\"}",
+                "[params] must be an array where each entry is an object with a value/type pair",
+                SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"params\":[{\"value\":10,\"type\":\"integer\"},{\"value\":\"1960-01-01\",\"type\":\"date\"},"
+                + "false,\"foo\"],\"mode\": \"" + m.toString() + "\"}",
+                "[params] must be an array where each entry is an object with a value/type pair",
+                SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+        assertXContentParsingErrorMessage("{\"mode\": \"" + m.toString() + "\",\"params\":[{\"value\":10,\"type\":\"integer\"},"
+                + "{\"value\":\"1960-01-01\",\"type\":\"date\"},{\"foo\":\"bar\"}]}",
+                "[sql/query] failed to parse field [params]",
+                SqlQueryRequest::fromXContent);
+    }
+    
     private <R extends AbstractSqlRequest> R generateRequest(String json, Function<XContentParser, R> fromXContent)
             throws IOException {
         XContentParser parser = parser(json);
@@ -140,6 +257,12 @@ public class SqlRequestParsersTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(e.getCause().getMessage(), containsString(errorMessage));
     }
     
+    private void assertXContentParsingErrorMessage(String json, String errorMessage, Consumer<XContentParser> consumer) throws IOException {
+        XContentParser parser = parser(json);
+        Exception e = expectThrows(XContentParseException.class, () -> consumer.accept(parser));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString(errorMessage));
+    }
+    
     private XContentParser parser(String content) throws IOException {
         XContentType xContentType = XContentType.JSON;
         return xContentType.xContent().createParser(

x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/proto/SqlTypedParamValue.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ConstructingObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentLocation;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -37,10 +38,33 @@ public class SqlTypedParamValue implements ToXContentObject {
 
     public final Object value;
     public final String type;
+    private boolean hasExplicitType;        // the type is explicitly set in the request or inferred by the parser
+    private XContentLocation tokenLocation; // location of the token failing the parsing rules
 
     public SqlTypedParamValue(String type, Object value) {
+        this(type, value, true);
+    }
+    
+    public SqlTypedParamValue(String type, Object value, boolean hasExplicitType) {
         this.value = value;
         this.type = type;
+        this.hasExplicitType = hasExplicitType;
+    }
+    
+    public boolean hasExplicitType() {
+        return hasExplicitType;
+    }
+    
+    public void hasExplicitType(boolean hasExplicitType) {
+        this.hasExplicitType = hasExplicitType;
+    }
+    
+    public XContentLocation tokenLocation() {
+        return tokenLocation;
+    }
+    
+    public void tokenLocation(XContentLocation tokenLocation) {
+        this.tokenLocation = tokenLocation;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -65,16 +89,18 @@ public class SqlTypedParamValue implements ToXContentObject {
             return false;
         }
         SqlTypedParamValue that = (SqlTypedParamValue) o;
-        return Objects.equals(value, that.value) && Objects.equals(type, that.type);
+        return Objects.equals(value, that.value)
+                && Objects.equals(type, that.type)
+                && Objects.equals(hasExplicitType, that.hasExplicitType);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(value, type);
+        return Objects.hash(value, type, hasExplicitType);
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return String.valueOf(value) + "[" + type + "]";
+        return String.valueOf(value) + " [" + type + "][" + hasExplicitType + "][" + tokenLocation + "]";
     }
 }