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layout: default
title: Execute Painless script
parent: Script APIs
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# Execute Painless script
**Introduced 1.0**
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The Execute Painless script API allows you to run a script that is not stored.
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## Path and HTTP methods
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```json
GET /_scripts/painless/_execute
POST /_scripts/painless/_execute
```
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## Request fields
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| Field | Description |
:--- | :---
| script | The script to run. Required|
| context | A context for the script. Optional. Default is `painless_test` . |
| context_setup | Specifies additional parameters for the context. Optional.|
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#### Example request
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The following request uses the default `painless_context` for the script:
```json
GET /_scripts/painless/_execute
{
"script": {
"source": "(params.x + params.y)/ 2",
"params": {
"x": 80,
"y": 100
}
}
}
```
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{% include copy-curl.html %}
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#### Example response
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The response contains the average of two script parameters:
```json
{
"result" : "90"
}
```
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## Response fields
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| Field | Description |
:--- | :---
| result | The script result.|
## Script contexts
Choose different contexts to control the variables that are available to the script and the result's return type. The default context is `painless_test` .
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## Painless test context
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The `painless_test` context is the default script context that provides only the `params` variable to the script. The returned result is always converted to a string. See the preceding example request for a usage example.
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## Filter context
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The `filter` context runs the script as if the script were inside a script query. You must provide a test document in the context. The `_source` , stored fields, and `_doc` variables will be available to the script.
You can specify the following parameters for the filter context in the `context_setup` .
Parameter | Description
:--- | :---
document | The document that is indexed in memory temporarily and available to the script.
index | The name of the index that contains a mapping for the document.
For example, first create an index with a mapping for a test document:
```json
PUT /testindex1
{
"mappings": {
"properties": {
"grad": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"gpa": {
"type": "float"
}
}
}
}
```
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{% include copy-curl.html %}
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Run a script to determine if a student is eligible to graduate with honors:
```json
POST /_scripts/painless/_execute
{
"script": {
"source": "doc['grad'].value == true & & doc['gpa'].value >= params.min_honors_gpa",
"params": {
"min_honors_gpa": 3.5
}
},
"context": "filter",
"context_setup": {
"index": "testindex1",
"document": {
"grad": true,
"gpa": 3.79
}
}
}
```
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{% include copy-curl.html %}
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The response contains the result:
```json
{
"result" : true
}
```
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## Score context
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The `score` context runs a script as if the script were in a `script_score` function in a `function_score` query.
You can specify the following parameters for the score context in the `context_setup` .
Parameter | Description
:--- | :---
document | The document that is indexed in memory temporarily and available to the script.
index | The name of the index that contains a mapping for the document.
query | If the script uses the `_score` parameter, the query can specify to use the `_score` field to compute the score.
For example, first create an index with a mapping for a test document:
```json
PUT /testindex1
{
"mappings": {
"properties": {
"gpa_4_0": {
"type": "float"
}
}
}
}
```
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{% include copy-curl.html %}
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Run a script that converts a GPA on a 4.0 scale into a different scale that is provided as a parameter:
```json
POST /_scripts/painless/_execute
{
"script": {
"source": "doc['gpa_4_0'].value * params.max_gpa / 4.0",
"params": {
"max_gpa": 5.0
}
},
"context": "score",
"context_setup": {
"index": "testindex1",
"document": {
"gpa_4_0": 3.5
}
}
}
```
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{% include copy-curl.html %}
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The response contains the result:
```json
{
"result" : 4.375
}
```