foo.md

Since String.format() is not in the whitelist, sometimes it's nice to be able to use string interpretation in scripts. Groovy allows doing this with GString interpretation.

Create an index

DELETE /script
{}

POST /script
{
  "settings": {
    "number_of_shards": 1,
    "number_of_replicas": 0
  },
  "mappings": {
    "doc": {
      "properties": {
        "body": {"type": "string"}
      }
    }
  }
}

{"acknowledged":true}
{"acknowledged":true}

Index docs

POST /script/doc/1?refresh
{"body": "foo"}

POST /script/doc/1/_update
{
  "script": "ctx._source.body = ctx._source.body + \"${bar}\"",
  "params": {
    "bar": " hi"
  }
}

GET /script/doc/1?_source=body
{}

{"_index":"script","_type":"doc","_id":"1","_version":1,"created":true}
{"_index":"script","_type":"doc","_id":"1","_version":2}
{"_index":"script","_type":"doc","_id":"1","_version":2,"found":true,"_source":{"body":"foo hi"}}