Elasticsearch external mvel script example

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Step 1:

Under the config/scripts folder, create a file named helloworld.mvel

Step 2:

Edit the file helloworld.mvel and put this and save:

"hello world"

Step 3:

Restart Elasticsearch

Step 4:

Test the script using a query like this:

curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test1/doc' -d '{ "test": "test" }'

curl 'localhost:9200/test1/_search?pretty' -d '{
  "script_fields": {
    "test": {
      "script": "helloworld"
    }
  }
}'