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Script processor

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The script search request processor intercepts a search request and adds an inline Painless script that is run on incoming requests. The script can only run on the following request fields:

• from
• size
• explain
• version
• seq_no_primary_term
• track_scores
• track_total_hits
• min_score
• terminate_after
• profile

For request field definitions, see search request fields.

Request fields

The following table lists all available request fields.

Example

The following request creates a search pipeline with a script request processor. The script limits score explanation to only one document because explain is an expensive operation:

PUT /_search/pipeline/explain_one_result
{
  "description": "A pipeline to limit the explain operation to one result only",
  "request_processors": [
    {
      "script": {
        "lang": "painless",
        "source": "if (ctx._source['size'] > 1) { ctx._source['explain'] = false } else { ctx._source['explain'] = true }"
      }
    }
  ]
}