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[[condition-script]]
=== Script Condition
A watch <<condition, condition>> that evaluates a script. The default scripting
language is `painless`. You can use any of the scripting languages supported by
Elasticsearch as long as the language supports evaluating expressions to Boolean
values. Note that the `mustache` and `expression` languages are too limited to be
used by this condition. For more information, see {ref}/modules-scripting.html[Scripting]
in the Elasticsearch Reference.
==== Using a Script Condition
The following snippet configures an inline `script` condition that always returns
`true`:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
"condition" : {
"script" : "return true"
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
This example defines a script as a simple string. This format is actually a
shortcut for defining an <<condition-script-inline, inline>> script. The
formal definition of a script is an object that specifies the script type and
optional language and parameter values. If the `lang` attribute is omitted, the
language defaults to `painless`. Elasticsearch supports two types of scripts,
<<condition-script-inline, Inline>> and <<condition-script-stored, Stored>>.
For example, the following snippet shows a formal definition of an `inline`
script that explicitly specifies the language and defines a single script
parameter, `result`:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
"condition" : {
"script" : {
"source" : "return params.result",
"lang" : "painless",
"params" : {
"result" : true
}
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
[[condition-script-inline]]
==== Inline Scripts
Inline scripts are scripts that are defined in the condition itself. The
following snippet shows the formal configuration of a simple painless script that
always returns `true`.
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
"condition" : {
"script" : {
"source" : "return true"
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
[[condition-script-stored]]
==== Stored Scripts
Stored scripts refer to scripts that were {ref}/modules-scripting-using.html#modules-scripting-stored-scripts[stored]
in Elasticsearch. The following snippet shows how to refer to a script by its `id`:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
"condition" : {
"script" : {
"id" : "my_script"
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
As with <<condition-script-inline, Inline>>
scripts, you can also specify the script language and parameters:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
"condition" : {
"script" : {
"id" : "my_script",
"lang" : "javascript",
"params" : { "color" : "red" }
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
[[accessing-watch-payload]]
==== Accessing the Watch Payload
A script can access the current watch execution context, including the payload
data, as well as any parameters passed in through the condition definition.
For example, the following snippet defines a watch that uses a <<input-search, `search` input>>
and uses a `script` condition to check if the number of hits is above a specified
threshold:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
{
"input" : {
"search" : {
"indices" : "log-events",
"body" : {
"size" : 0,
"query" : { "match" : { "status" : "error" } }
}
}
},
"condition" : {
"script" : {
"source" : "return ctx.payload.hits.total > params.threshold",
"params" : {
"threshold" : 5
}
}
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
When you're using a scripted condition to evaluate an Elasticsearch response,
keep in mind that the fields in the response are no longer in their native data
types. For example, the `@timestamp` in the response is a string, rather than a
`DateTime`. To compare the response `@timestamp` against the `ctx.execution_time`,
you need to parse the `@timestamp` string into a `DateTime`. For example:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
org.elasticsearch.common.joda.time.DateTime.parse(@timestamp)
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE
You can reference the following variables in the watch context:
[options="header"]
|======
| Name | Description
| `ctx.watch_id` | The id of the watch that is currently executing.
| `ctx.execution_time` | The time execution of this watch started.
| `ctx.trigger.triggered_time` | The time this watch was triggered.
| `ctx.trigger.scheduled_time` | The time this watch was supposed to be triggered.
| `ctx.metadata.*` | Any metadata associated with the watch.
| `ctx.payload.*` | The payload data loaded by the watch's input.
|======