Find the structure of text messages

POST /_text_structure/find_message_structure

Find the structure of a list of text messages. The messages must contain data that is suitable to be ingested into Elasticsearch.

This API provides a starting point for ingesting data into Elasticsearch in a format that is suitable for subsequent use with other Elastic Stack functionality. Use this API rather than the find text structure API if your input text has already been split up into separate messages by some other process. The response from the API contains:

  • Sample messages.
  • Statistics that reveal the most common values for all fields detected within the text and basic numeric statistics for numeric fields.
  • Information about the structure of the text, which is useful when you write ingest configurations to index it or similarly formatted text. Appropriate mappings for an Elasticsearch index, which you could use to ingest the text.

All this information can be calculated by the structure finder with no guidance. However, you can optionally override some of the decisions about the text structure by specifying one or more query parameters.

Query parameters

  • If the format is delimited, you can specify the column names in a comma-separated list. If this parameter is not specified, the structure finder uses the column names from the header row of the text. If the text does not have a header role, columns are named "column1", "column2", "column3", for example.

  • If you the format is delimited, you can specify the character used to delimit the values in each row. Only a single character is supported; the delimiter cannot have multiple characters. By default, the API considers the following possibilities: comma, tab, semi-colon, and pipe (|). In this default scenario, all rows must have the same number of fields for the delimited format to be detected. If you specify a delimiter, up to 10% of the rows can have a different number of columns than the first row.

  • The mode of compatibility with ECS compliant Grok patterns. Use this parameter to specify whether to use ECS Grok patterns instead of legacy ones when the structure finder creates a Grok pattern. This setting primarily has an impact when a whole message Grok pattern such as %{CATALINALOG} matches the input. If the structure finder identifies a common structure but has no idea of meaning then generic field names such as path, ipaddress, field1, and field2 are used in the grok_pattern output, with the intention that a user who knows the meanings rename these fields before using it.

    Values are disabled or v1.

  • explain boolean

    If this parameter is set to true, the response includes a field named explanation, which is an array of strings that indicate how the structure finder produced its result.

  • format string

    The high level structure of the text. By default, the API chooses the format. In this default scenario, all rows must have the same number of fields for a delimited format to be detected. If the format is delimited and the delimiter is not set, however, the API tolerates up to 5% of rows that have a different number of columns than the first row.

    Values are delimited, ndjson, semi_structured_text, or xml.

  • If the format is semi_structured_text, you can specify a Grok pattern that is used to extract fields from every message in the text. The name of the timestamp field in the Grok pattern must match what is specified in the timestamp_field parameter. If that parameter is not specified, the name of the timestamp field in the Grok pattern must match "timestamp". If grok_pattern is not specified, the structure finder creates a Grok pattern.

  • quote string

    If the format is delimited, you can specify the character used to quote the values in each row if they contain newlines or the delimiter character. Only a single character is supported. If this parameter is not specified, the default value is a double quote ("). If your delimited text format does not use quoting, a workaround is to set this argument to a character that does not appear anywhere in the sample.

  • If the format is delimited, you can specify whether values between delimiters should have whitespace trimmed from them. If this parameter is not specified and the delimiter is pipe (|), the default value is true. Otherwise, the default value is false.

  • timeout string

    The maximum amount of time that the structure analysis can take. If the analysis is still running when the timeout expires, it will be stopped.

  • The name of the field that contains the primary timestamp of each record in the text. In particular, if the text was ingested into an index, this is the field that would be used to populate the @timestamp field.

    If the format is semi_structured_text, this field must match the name of the appropriate extraction in the grok_pattern. Therefore, for semi-structured text, it is best not to specify this parameter unless grok_pattern is also specified.

    For structured text, if you specify this parameter, the field must exist within the text.

    If this parameter is not specified, the structure finder makes a decision about which field (if any) is the primary timestamp field. For structured text, it is not compulsory to have a timestamp in the text.

  • The Java time format of the timestamp field in the text. Only a subset of Java time format letter groups are supported:

    • a
    • d
    • dd
    • EEE
    • EEEE
    • H
    • HH
    • h
    • M
    • MM
    • MMM
    • MMMM
    • mm
    • ss
    • XX
    • XXX
    • yy
    • yyyy
    • zzz

    Additionally S letter groups (fractional seconds) of length one to nine are supported providing they occur after ss and are separated from the ss by a period (.), comma (,), or colon (:). Spacing and punctuation is also permitted with the exception a question mark (?), newline, and carriage return, together with literal text enclosed in single quotes. For example, MM/dd HH.mm.ss,SSSSSS 'in' yyyy is a valid override format.

    One valuable use case for this parameter is when the format is semi-structured text, there are multiple timestamp formats in the text, and you know which format corresponds to the primary timestamp, but you do not want to specify the full grok_pattern. Another is when the timestamp format is one that the structure finder does not consider by default.

    If this parameter is not specified, the structure finder chooses the best format from a built-in set.

    If the special value null is specified, the structure finder will not look for a primary timestamp in the text. When the format is semi-structured text, this will result in the structure finder treating the text as single-line messages.

application/json

Body Required

  • messages array[string] Required

    The list of messages you want to analyze.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • charset string Required
    • Values are disabled or v1.

    • field_stats object Required
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    • format string Required

      Values are delimited, ndjson, semi_structured_text, or xml.

    • ingest_pipeline object Required

      Additional properties are allowed.

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      • Description of the ingest pipeline.

      • version number
      • processors array[object] Required

        Processors used to perform transformations on documents before indexing. Processors run sequentially in the order specified.

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If false, the processor does not append values already present in the field.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

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          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • The number of chars being used for extraction to prevent huge fields. Use -1 for no limit.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • properties array[string]

            Array of properties to select to be stored. Can be content, title, name, author, keywords, date, content_type, content_length, language.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true, the binary field will be removed from the document

          • Field containing the name of the resource to decode. If specified, the processor passes this resource name to the underlying Tika library to enable Resource Name Based Detection.

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

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          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • circle object

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          • if string

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          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • error_distance number Required

            The difference between the resulting inscribed distance from center to side and the circle’s radius (measured in meters for geo_shape, unit-less for shape).

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • shape_type string Required

            Values are geo_shape or shape.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • if string

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            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • seed number

            Seed for the community ID hash. Must be between 0 and 65535 (inclusive). The seed can prevent hash collisions between network domains, such as a staging and production network that use the same addressing scheme.

          • If true and any required fields are missing, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

        • convert object

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

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          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • type string Required

            Values are integer, long, double, float, boolean, ip, string, or auto.

        • csv object

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          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • Value used to fill empty fields. Empty fields are skipped if this is not provided. An empty field is one with no value (2 consecutive separators) or empty quotes ("").

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          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • quote string

            Quote used in CSV, has to be single character string.

          • Separator used in CSV, has to be single character string.

          • target_fields string | array[string] Required
          • trim boolean

            Trim whitespaces in unquoted fields.

        • date object

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

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            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • formats array[string] Required

            An array of the expected date formats. Can be a java time pattern or one of the following formats: ISO8601, UNIX, UNIX_MS, or TAI64N.

          • locale string

            The locale to use when parsing the date, relevant when parsing month names or week days. Supports template snippets.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • timezone string

            The timezone to use when parsing the date. Supports template snippets.

          • The format to use when writing the date to target_field. Must be a valid java time pattern.

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • date_formats array[string] Required

            An array of the expected date formats for parsing dates / timestamps in the document being preprocessed. Can be a java time pattern or one of the following formats: ISO8601, UNIX, UNIX_MS, or TAI64N.

          • date_rounding string Required

            How to round the date when formatting the date into the index name. Valid values are: y (year), M (month), w (week), d (day), h (hour), m (minute) and s (second). Supports template snippets.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • The format to be used when printing the parsed date into the index name. A valid java time pattern is expected here. Supports template snippets.

          • A prefix of the index name to be prepended before the printed date. Supports template snippets.

          • locale string

            The locale to use when parsing the date from the document being preprocessed, relevant when parsing month names or week days.

          • timezone string

            The timezone to use when parsing the date and when date math index supports resolves expressions into concrete index names.

        • dissect object

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • The character(s) that separate the appended fields.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • pattern string Required

            The pattern to apply to the field.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • override boolean

            Controls the behavior when there is already an existing nested object that conflicts with the expanded field. When false, the processor will merge conflicts by combining the old and the new values into an array. When true, the value from the expanded field will overwrite the existing value.

          • path string

            The field that contains the field to expand. Only required if the field to expand is part another object field, because the field option can only understand leaf fields.

        • drop object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

        • enrich object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • The maximum number of matched documents to include under the configured target field. The target_field will be turned into a json array if max_matches is higher than 1, otherwise target_field will become a json object. In order to avoid documents getting too large, the maximum allowed value is 128.

          • override boolean

            If processor will update fields with pre-existing non-null-valued field. When set to false, such fields will not be touched.

          • policy_name string Required

            The name of the enrich policy to use.

          • Values are intersects, disjoint, within, or contains.

          • target_field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • fail object

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          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • message string Required

            The error message thrown by the processor. Supports template snippets.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • fields string | array[string] Required
          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • salt string

            Salt value for the hash function.

          • method string

            Values are MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512, or MurmurHash3.

          • If true, the processor ignores any missing fields. If all fields are missing, the processor silently exits without modifying the document.

        • foreach object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true, the processor silently exits without changing the document if the field is null or missing.

          • processor object Required

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        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • The database filename referring to a database the module ships with (GeoLite2-City.mmdb, GeoLite2-Country.mmdb, or GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb) or a custom database in the ingest-geoip config directory.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • first_only boolean

            If true, only the first found IP location data will be returned, even if the field contains an array.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • properties array[string]

            Controls what properties are added to the target_field based on the IP location lookup.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true (and if ingest.geoip.downloader.eager.download is false), the missing database is downloaded when the pipeline is created. Else, the download is triggered by when the pipeline is used as the default_pipeline or final_pipeline in an index.

        • geo_grid object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            The field to interpret as a geo-tile.= The field format is determined by the tile_type.

          • tile_type string Required

            Values are geotile, geohex, or geohash.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Values are geojson or wkt.

        • geoip object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • The database filename referring to a database the module ships with (GeoLite2-City.mmdb, GeoLite2-Country.mmdb, or GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb) or a custom database in the ingest-geoip config directory.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • first_only boolean

            If true, only the first found geoip data will be returned, even if the field contains an array.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • properties array[string]

            Controls what properties are added to the target_field based on the geoip lookup.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true (and if ingest.geoip.downloader.eager.download is false), the missing database is downloaded when the pipeline is created. Else, the download is triggered by when the pipeline is used as the default_pipeline or final_pipeline in an index.

        • grok object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • Must be disabled or v1. If v1, the processor uses patterns with Elastic Common Schema (ECS) field names.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • A map of pattern-name and pattern tuples defining custom patterns to be used by the current processor. Patterns matching existing names will override the pre-existing definition.

          • patterns array[string] Required

            An ordered list of grok expression to match and extract named captures with. Returns on the first expression in the list that matches.

          • When true, _ingest._grok_match_index will be inserted into your matched document’s metadata with the index into the pattern found in patterns that matched.

        • gsub object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • pattern string Required

            The pattern to be replaced.

          • replacement string Required

            The string to replace the matching patterns with.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document,

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • model_id string Required
          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Maps the document field names to the known field names of the model. This mapping takes precedence over any default mappings provided in the model configuration.

          • Additional properties are allowed.

        • join object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • separator string Required

            The separator character.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • json object

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • Flag that forces the parsed JSON to be added at the top level of the document. target_field must not be set when this option is chosen.

          • Values are replace or merge.

          • When set to true, the JSON parser will not fail if the JSON contains duplicate keys. Instead, the last encountered value for any duplicate key wins.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • kv object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • exclude_keys array[string]

            List of keys to exclude from document.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • field_split string Required

            Regex pattern to use for splitting key-value pairs.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • include_keys array[string]

            List of keys to filter and insert into document. Defaults to including all keys.

          • prefix string

            Prefix to be added to extracted keys.

          • If true. strip brackets (), <>, [] as well as quotes ' and " from extracted values.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • trim_key string

            String of characters to trim from extracted keys.

          • String of characters to trim from extracted values.

          • value_split string Required

            Regex pattern to use for splitting the key from the value within a key-value pair.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • internal_networks array[string]

            List of internal networks. Supports IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ranges in CIDR notation. Also supports the named ranges listed below. These may be constructed with template snippets. Must specify only one of internal_networks or internal_networks_field.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and any required fields are missing, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

        • pipeline object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • name string Required
          • Whether to ignore missing pipelines instead of failing.

        • redact object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • patterns array[string] Required

            A list of grok expressions to match and redact named captures with

          • prefix string

            Start a redacted section with this token

          • suffix string

            End a redacted section with this token

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • If true and the current license does not support running redact processors, then the processor quietly exits without modifying the document

          • If true then ingest metadata _ingest._redact._is_redacted is set to true if the document has been redacted

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and any required fields are missing, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

        • remove object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string | array[string] Required
          • keep string | array[string]
          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

        • rename object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • target_field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • reroute object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • A static value for the target. Can’t be set when the dataset or namespace option is set.

        • script object

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide script attributes Show script attributes object
          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • id string
          • lang string

            Script language.

          • params object

            Object containing parameters for the script.

          • source string

            Inline script. If no id is specified, this parameter is required.

        • set object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and value is a template snippet that evaluates to null or the empty string, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • The media type for encoding value. Applies only when value is a template snippet. Must be one of application/json, text/plain, or application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

          • override boolean

            If true processor will update fields with pre-existing non-null-valued field. When set to false, such fields will not be touched.

          • value object

            The value to be set for the field. Supports template snippets. May specify only one of value or copy_from.

            Additional properties are allowed.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide set_security_user attributes Show set_security_user attributes object
          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • properties array[string]

            Controls what user related properties are added to the field.

        • sort object

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide sort attributes Show sort attributes object
          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • order string

            Values are asc or desc.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • split object

          Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Preserves empty trailing fields, if any.

          • separator string Required

            A regex which matches the separator, for example, , or \s+.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

        • trim object

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide trim attributes Show trim attributes object
          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide uppercase attributes Show uppercase attributes object
          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist or is null, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • If true, the processor copies the unparsed URI to <target_field>.original.

          • If true, the processor removes the field after parsing the URI string. If parsing fails, the processor does not remove the field.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

        • Additional properties are allowed.

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          • Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.

          • if string

            Conditionally execute the processor.

          • Ignore failures for the processor.

          • on_failure array[object]

            Handle failures for the processor.

          • tag string

            Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

          • field string Required

            Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • If true and field does not exist, the processor quietly exits without modifying the document.

          • The name of the file in the config/ingest-user-agent directory containing the regular expressions for parsing the user agent string. Both the directory and the file have to be created before starting Elasticsearch. If not specified, ingest-user-agent will use the regexes.yaml from uap-core it ships with.

          • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

          • properties array[string]

            Controls what properties are added to target_field.

            Values are name, os, device, original, or version.

          • Extracts device type from the user agent string on a best-effort basis.

    • mappings object Required

      Additional properties are allowed.

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    • need_client_timezone boolean Required
    • num_lines_analyzed number Required
    • num_messages_analyzed number Required
    • sample_start string Required
    • Path to field or array of paths. Some API's support wildcards in the path to select multiple fields.

POST /_text_structure/find_message_structure
curl \
 -X POST http://api.example.com/_text_structure/find_message_structure \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"messages":["string"]}'
Request examples
{
  "messages": [
    "string"
  ]
}
Response examples (200)
{
  "charset": "string",
  "ecs_compatibility": "disabled",
  "field_stats": {
    "additionalProperty1": {
      "count": 42.0,
      "cardinality": 42.0,
      "top_hits": [
        {
          "count": 42.0,
          "value": {}
        }
      ],
      "mean_value": 42.0,
      "median_value": 42.0,
      "max_value": 42.0,
      "min_value": 42.0,
      "earliest": "string",
      "latest": "string"
    },
    "additionalProperty2": {
      "count": 42.0,
      "cardinality": 42.0,
      "top_hits": [
        {
          "count": 42.0,
          "value": {}
        }
      ],
      "mean_value": 42.0,
      "median_value": 42.0,
      "max_value": 42.0,
      "min_value": 42.0,
      "earliest": "string",
      "latest": "string"
    }
  },
  "format": "delimited",
  "grok_pattern": "string",
  "java_timestamp_formats": [
    "string"
  ],
  "joda_timestamp_formats": [
    "string"
  ],
  "ingest_pipeline": {
    "description": "string",
    "version": 42.0,
    "processors": [
      {
        "": {
          "description": "string",
          "if": "string",
          "ignore_failure": true,
          "on_failure": [
            {}
          ],
          "tag": "string",
          "field": "string",
          "ignore_missing": true,
          "regex_file": "string",
          "target_field": "string",
          "properties": [
            "name"
          ],
          "extract_device_type": true
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "mappings": {
    "all_field": {
      "analyzer": "string",
      "enabled": true,
      "omit_norms": true,
      "search_analyzer": "string",
      "similarity": "string",
      "store": true,
      "store_term_vector_offsets": true,
      "store_term_vector_payloads": true,
      "store_term_vector_positions": true,
      "store_term_vectors": true
    },
    "date_detection": true,
    "dynamic": "strict",
    "dynamic_date_formats": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dynamic_templates": [
      {}
    ],
    "_field_names": {
      "enabled": true
    },
    "index_field": {
      "enabled": true
    },
    "_meta": {
      "additionalProperty1": {},
      "additionalProperty2": {}
    },
    "numeric_detection": true,
    "properties": {},
    "_routing": {
      "required": true
    },
    "_size": {
      "enabled": true
    },
    "_source": {
      "compress": true,
      "compress_threshold": "string",
      "enabled": true,
      "excludes": [
        "string"
      ],
      "includes": [
        "string"
      ],
      "mode": "disabled"
    },
    "runtime": {
      "additionalProperty1": {
        "fields": {
          "additionalProperty1": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "additionalProperty2": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "fetch_fields": [
          {
            "field": "string",
            "format": "string"
          }
        ],
        "format": "string",
        "input_field": "string",
        "target_field": "string",
        "target_index": "string",
        "script": {
          "source": "string",
          "id": "string",
          "params": {
            "additionalProperty1": {},
            "additionalProperty2": {}
          },
          "": "painless",
          "options": {
            "additionalProperty1": "string",
            "additionalProperty2": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "additionalProperty2": {
        "fields": {
          "additionalProperty1": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "additionalProperty2": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "fetch_fields": [
          {
            "field": "string",
            "format": "string"
          }
        ],
        "format": "string",
        "input_field": "string",
        "target_field": "string",
        "target_index": "string",
        "script": {
          "source": "string",
          "id": "string",
          "params": {
            "additionalProperty1": {},
            "additionalProperty2": {}
          },
          "": "painless",
          "options": {
            "additionalProperty1": "string",
            "additionalProperty2": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "boolean"
      }
    },
    "enabled": true,
    "subobjects": true,
    "_data_stream_timestamp": {
      "enabled": true
    }
  },
  "multiline_start_pattern": "string",
  "need_client_timezone": true,
  "num_lines_analyzed": 42.0,
  "num_messages_analyzed": 42.0,
  "sample_start": "string",
  "timestamp_field": "string"
}