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[[modules-scripting-painless]]
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=== Painless Scripting Language
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experimental[The Painless scripting language is new and is still marked as experimental. The syntax or API may be changed in the future in non-backwards compatible ways if required.]
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_Painless_ is a simple, secure scripting language available in Elasticsearch
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by default. It is designed specifically for use with Elasticsearch and can
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safely be used with `inline` and `stored` scripting, which is enabled by
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default.
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The Painless syntax is similar to http://groovy-lang.org/index.html[Groovy].
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You can use Painless anywhere a script can be used in Elasticsearch. It is the
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default if you don't set the `lang` parameter but if you want to be explicit you
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can set the `lang` parameter to `painless`.
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[[painless-features]]
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[float]
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== Painless Features
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* Fast performance: https://benchmarks.elastic.co/index.html#search_qps_scripts[several times faster] than the alternatives.
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* Safety: Fine-grained whitelist with method call/field granularity. See
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<<painless-api-reference>> for a complete list of available classes and methods.
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* Optional typing: Variables and parameters can use explicit types or the dynamic `def` type.
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* Syntax: Extends Java's syntax with a subset of Groovy for ease of use. See the <<modules-scripting-painless-syntax, Syntax Overview>>.
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* Optimizations: Designed specifically for Elasticsearch scripting.
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[[painless-examples]]
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[float]
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== Painless Examples
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To illustrate how Painless works, let's load some hockey stats into an Elasticsearch index:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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PUT hockey/player/_bulk?refresh
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{"index":{"_id":1}}
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{"first":"johnny","last":"gaudreau","goals":[9,27,1],"assists":[17,46,0],"gp":[26,82,1],"born":"1993/08/13"}
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{"index":{"_id":2}}
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{"first":"sean","last":"monohan","goals":[7,54,26],"assists":[11,26,13],"gp":[26,82,82],"born":"1994/10/12"}
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{"index":{"_id":3}}
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{"first":"jiri","last":"hudler","goals":[5,34,36],"assists":[11,62,42],"gp":[24,80,79],"born":"1984/01/04"}
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{"index":{"_id":4}}
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{"first":"micheal","last":"frolik","goals":[4,6,15],"assists":[8,23,15],"gp":[26,82,82],"born":"1988/02/17"}
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{"index":{"_id":5}}
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{"first":"sam","last":"bennett","goals":[5,0,0],"assists":[8,1,0],"gp":[26,1,0],"born":"1996/06/20"}
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{"index":{"_id":6}}
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{"first":"dennis","last":"wideman","goals":[0,26,15],"assists":[11,30,24],"gp":[26,81,82],"born":"1983/03/20"}
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{"index":{"_id":7}}
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{"first":"david","last":"jones","goals":[7,19,5],"assists":[3,17,4],"gp":[26,45,34],"born":"1984/08/10"}
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{"index":{"_id":8}}
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{"first":"tj","last":"brodie","goals":[2,14,7],"assists":[8,42,30],"gp":[26,82,82],"born":"1990/06/07"}
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{"index":{"_id":39}}
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{"first":"mark","last":"giordano","goals":[6,30,15],"assists":[3,30,24],"gp":[26,60,63],"born":"1983/10/03"}
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{"index":{"_id":10}}
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{"first":"mikael","last":"backlund","goals":[3,15,13],"assists":[6,24,18],"gp":[26,82,82],"born":"1989/03/17"}
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{"index":{"_id":11}}
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{"first":"joe","last":"colborne","goals":[3,18,13],"assists":[6,20,24],"gp":[26,67,82],"born":"1990/01/30"}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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// TESTSETUP
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[float]
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=== Accessing Doc Values from Painless
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Document values can be accessed from a `Map` named `doc`.
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For example, the following script calculates a player's total goals. This example uses a strongly typed `int` and a `for` loop.
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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GET hockey/_search
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{
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"query": {
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"function_score": {
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"script_score": {
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "int total = 0; for (int i = 0; i < doc['goals'].length; ++i) { total += doc['goals'][i]; } return total;"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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Alternatively, you could do the same thing using a script field instead of a function score:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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GET hockey/_search
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{
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"query": {
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"match_all": {}
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},
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"script_fields": {
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"total_goals": {
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "int total = 0; for (int i = 0; i < doc['goals'].length; ++i) { total += doc['goals'][i]; } return total;"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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The following example uses a Painless script to sort the players by their combined first and last names. The names are accessed using
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`doc['first'].value` and `doc['last'].value`.
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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GET hockey/_search
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{
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"query": {
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"match_all": {}
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},
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"sort": {
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"_script": {
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"type": "string",
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"order": "asc",
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "doc['first.keyword'].value + ' ' + doc['last.keyword'].value"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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[float]
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=== Updating Fields with Painless
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You can also easily update fields. You access the original source for a field as `ctx._source.<field-name>`.
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First, let's look at the source data for a player by submitting the following request:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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GET hockey/_search
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{
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"stored_fields": [
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"_id",
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"_source"
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],
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"query": {
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"term": {
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"_id": 1
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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To change player 1's last name to `hockey`, simply set `ctx._source.last` to the new value:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/1/_update
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "ctx._source.last = params.last",
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"params": {
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"last": "hockey"
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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You can also add fields to a document. For example, this script adds a new field that contains
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the player's nickname, _hockey_.
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/1/_update
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "ctx._source.last = params.last; ctx._source.nick = params.nick",
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"params": {
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"last": "gaudreau",
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"nick": "hockey"
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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[float]
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[[modules-scripting-painless-dates]]
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=== Dates
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Date fields are exposed as
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<<painless-api-reference-org-joda-time-ReadableDateTime, `ReadableDateTime`>>s
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so they support methods like
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<<painless-api-reference-org-joda-time-ReadableDateTime-getYear-0, `getYear`>>,
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and
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<<painless-api-reference-org-joda-time-ReadableDateTime-getDayOfWeek-0, `getDayOfWeek`>>.
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To get milliseconds since epoch call
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<<painless-api-reference-org-joda-time-ReadableInstant-getMillis-0, `getMillis`>>.
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For example, the following returns every hockey player's birth year:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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GET hockey/_search
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{
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"script_fields": {
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"birth_year": {
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"script": {
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"inline": "doc.born.value.year"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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[float]
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[[modules-scripting-painless-regex]]
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=== Regular expressions
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NOTE: Regexes are disabled by default because they circumvent Painless's
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protection against long running and memory hungry scripts. To make matters
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worse even innocuous looking regexes can have staggering performance and stack
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depth behavior. They remain an amazing powerful tool but are too scary to enable
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by default. To enable them yourself set `script.painless.regex.enabled: true` in
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`elasticsearch.yml`. We'd like very much to have a safe alternative
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implementation that can be enabled by default so check this space for later
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developments!
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Painless's native support for regular expressions has syntax constructs:
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* `/pattern/`: Pattern literals create patterns. This is the only way to create
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a pattern in painless. The pattern inside the ++/++'s are just
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http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html[Java regular expressions].
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See <<modules-scripting-painless-regex-flags>> for more.
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* `=~`: The find operator return a `boolean`, `true` if a subsequence of the
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text matches, `false` otherwise.
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* `==~`: The match operator returns a `boolean`, `true` if the text matches,
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`false` if it doesn't.
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Using the find operator (`=~`) you can update all hockey players with "b" in
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their last name:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/_update_by_query
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "if (ctx._source.last =~ /b/) {ctx._source.last += \"matched\"} else {ctx.op = 'noop'}"
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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Using the match operator (`==~`) you can update all the hockey players who's
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names start with a consonant and end with a vowel:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/_update_by_query
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "if (ctx._source.last ==~ /[^aeiou].*[aeiou]/) {ctx._source.last += \"matched\"} else {ctx.op = 'noop'}"
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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You can use the `Pattern.matcher` directly to get a `Matcher` instance and
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remove all of the vowels in all of their last names:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/_update_by_query
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "ctx._source.last = /[aeiou]/.matcher(ctx._source.last).replaceAll('')"
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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`Matcher.replaceAll` is just a call to Java's `Matcher`'s
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http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Matcher.html#replaceAll-java.lang.String-[replaceAll]
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method so it supports `$1` and `\1` for replacements:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/_update_by_query
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "ctx._source.last = /n([aeiou])/.matcher(ctx._source.last).replaceAll('$1')"
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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If you need more control over replacements you can call `replaceAll` on a
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`CharSequence` with a `Function<Matcher, String>` that builds the replacement.
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This does not support `$1` or `\1` to access replacements because you already
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have a reference to the matcher and can get them with `m.group(1)`.
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IMPORTANT: Calling `Matcher.find` inside of the function that builds the
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replacement is rude and will likely break the replacement process.
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This will make all of the vowels in the hockey player's last names upper case:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/_update_by_query
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "ctx._source.last = ctx._source.last.replaceAll(/[aeiou]/, m -> m.group().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT))"
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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Or you can use the `CharSequence.replaceFirst` to make the first vowel in their
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last names upper case:
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[source,js]
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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POST hockey/player/_update_by_query
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{
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"script": {
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"lang": "painless",
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"inline": "ctx._source.last = ctx._source.last.replaceFirst(/[aeiou]/, m -> m.group().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT))"
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}
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}
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----------------------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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Note: all of the `_update_by_query` examples above could really do with a
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`query` to limit the data that they pull back. While you *could* use a
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<<query-dsl-script-query>> it wouldn't be as efficient as using any other query
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because script queries aren't able to use the inverted index to limit the
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documents that they have to check.
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[float]
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[[modules-scripting-painless-dispatch]]
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=== How painless dispatches functions
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Painless uses receiver, name, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arity[arity]
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for method dispatch. For example, `s.foo(a, b)` is resolved by first getting
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the class of `s` and then looking up the method `foo` with two parameters. This
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is different from Groovy which uses the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_dispatch[runtime types] of the
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parameters and Java which uses the compile time types of the parameters.
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The consequence of this that Painless doesn't support overloaded methods like
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Java, leading to some trouble when it whitelists classes from the Java
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standard library. For example, in Java and Groovy, `Matcher` has two methods:
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`group(int)` and `group(String)`. Painless can't whitelist both of them methods
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because they have the same name and the same number of parameters. So instead it
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has <<painless-api-reference-Matcher-group-1, `group(int)`>> and
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<<painless-api-reference-Matcher-namedGroup-1, `namedGroup(String)`>>.
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We have a few justifications for this different way of dispatching methods:
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1. It makes operating on `def` types simpler and, presumably, faster. Using
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receiver, name, and arity means when Painless sees a call on a `def` objects it
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can dispatch the appropriate method without having to do expensive comparisons
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of the types of the parameters. The same is true for invocations with `def`
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typed parameters.
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2. It keeps things consistent. It would be genuinely weird for Painless to
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behave like Groovy if any `def` typed parameters were involved and Java
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otherwise. It'd be slow for it to behave like Groovy all the time.
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3. It keeps Painless maintainable. Adding the Java or Groovy like method
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dispatch *feels* like it'd add a ton of complexity which'd make maintenance and
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other improvements much more difficult.
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