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Create or update stored script API

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Create or update stored script API

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Creates or updates a stored script or search template.

PUT _scripts/my-stored-script
{
  "script": {
    "lang": "painless",
    "source": "Math.log(_score * 2) + params['my_modifier']"
  }
}

Request

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PUT _scripts/<script-id>

POST _scripts/<script-id>

PUT _scripts/<script-id>/<context>

POST _scripts/<script-id>/<context>

Prerequisites

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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Path parameters

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<script-id>: (Required, string) Identifier for the stored script or search template. Must be unique within the cluster.
<context>: (Optional, string) Context in which the script or search template should run. To prevent errors, the API immediately compiles the script or template in this context.

Query parameters

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context

(Optional, string) Context in which the script or search template should run. To prevent errors, the API immediately compiles the script or template in this context.

If you specify both this and the <context> request path parameter, the API uses the request path parameter.

master_timeout

(Optional, time units) Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

timeout

(Optional, time units) Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

Request body

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script

(Required, object) Contains the script or search template, its parameters, and its language.

Properties of script

lang

(Required, string) Script language. For search templates, use mustache.

source

(Required, string or object) For scripts, a string containing the script.

For search templates, an object containing the search template. The object supports the same parameters as the search API's request body. Also supports Mustache variables. See Search templates.

params

(Optional, object) Parameters for the script or search template.

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