Add a target field support. #196

mashhurs · 2025-04-29T20:06:13Z

Introduces a target field as a field reference (mixin validated) where if set result is placed into the target.

Test logs

when using target and DSL query

// config
query => "magType:%{[target-input-field][magType]}"
fields => { "depthError" => "[target-input-field][depthErrorValue]" }
target => "my-ls-filter-target"

// result
{
    "my-ls-filter-target" => {
        "target-input-field" => {
            "depthErrorValue" => 1.697
        }
    },
             "@timestamp" => 2025-05-01T19:55:25.268932Z,
     "target-input-field" => {
                   "dmin" => 2.187,
              "magSource" => "us",
             "depthError" => 1.697,
               "latitude" => -6.3171,
         "locationSource" => "us",
                   "type" => "earthquake",
                "magType" => "mww",
                    "nst" => 324,
                    "mag" => 6.9,
                  "depth" => 10.0,
             "@timestamp" => 2025-04-04T20:04:38.266Z,
               "magError" => 0.028,
        "horizontalError" => 6.62,
                    "gap" => 11,
                    "rms" => 0.78,
               "location" => "POINT (151.5922 -6.3171)",
                   "time" => 2025-04-04T20:04:38.266Z,
                     "id" => "us6000q41n",
                  "place" => "181 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea",
                 "magNst" => 121,
                    "net" => "us",
                "updated" => 2025-04-08T19:27:52.892Z,
                 "status" => "reviewed",
              "longitude" => 151.5922
    },
              "@metadata" => {
        "total_hits" => 10
    },
               "@version" => "1"
}

when using target and aggregation query

// config
target => "my-ls-filter-target"
aggregation_fields => { "my-aggr" => "my_ls_aggr_field" }
// result
{
    "my-ls-filter-target" => {
        "my_ls_aggr_field" => {
            "doc_count_error_upper_bound" => 0,
                    "sum_other_doc_count" => 0,
                                "buckets" => [
                [0] {
                    "doc_count" => 10,
                          "key" => "mww"
                },
                [1] {
                    "doc_count" => 2,
                          "key" => "mw"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
             "@timestamp" => 2025-05-01T19:53:19.292876Z,
     "target-input-field" => {
                   "dmin" => 2.187,
              "magSource" => "us",
             "depthError" => 1.697,
               "latitude" => -6.3171,
         "locationSource" => "us",
                   "type" => "earthquake",
                "magType" => "mww",
                    "nst" => 324,
                    "mag" => 6.9,
             "@timestamp" => 2025-04-04T20:04:38.266Z,
                  "depth" => 10.0,
               "magError" => 0.028,
        "horizontalError" => 6.62,
                    "gap" => 11,
                    "rms" => 0.78,
               "location" => "POINT (151.5922 -6.3171)",
                     "id" => "us6000q41n",
                   "time" => 2025-04-04T20:04:38.266Z,
                 "magNst" => 121,
                  "place" => "181 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea",
                    "net" => "us",
                "updated" => 2025-04-08T19:27:52.892Z,
                 "status" => "reviewed",
              "longitude" => 151.5922
    },
              "@metadata" => {
        "total_hits" => 12
    },
               "@version" => "1"
}

…e if set result is placed into the target.

…upgrade.

lib/logstash/filters/elasticsearch.rb

yaauie · 2025-04-30T16:44:11Z

lib/logstash/filters/elasticsearch.rb

+      event.set(new_key, value_to_set)
+    else
+      event_target = event.get(@target) || {}
+      @logger.debug("Overwriting existing target field", field: @target, existing_value: event_target) if @logger.debug? && event.include?(@target)


Because we do a field-oriented mapping and invoke this once for each top-level field in the result (with a set of the values of that field across all returned documents), a fields mapping of N entries will emit this debug message at least N-1 times (e.g., 1st field sets target, subsequent fields encounter already-set target), even if the target was empty when the filter received the event.

lib/logstash/filters/elasticsearch.rb

…pplies setting to target with aggregations similarly with es-input. Co-authored-by: Rye Biesemeyer <ry.biesemeyer@elastic.co>

docs/index.asciidoc

mashhurs · 2025-05-01T20:34:50Z

spec/filters/integration/elasticsearch_spec.rb

@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
    end

    it "fails to register plugin" do
-      expect { plugin.register }.to raise_error Elasticsearch::Transport::Transport::Errors::Unauthorized
+      expect { plugin.register }.to raise_error elastic_ruby_v8_client_available? ?


review note: no any logic related with this but this fixes one integration test failure.

yaauie

I've left a couple of nitpicks, but this looks sensible.

We may want to also link back to target in each of the affected fields (and improve their docs while we're at it), something like:

diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc
index b5a6eff..f86be0c 100644
--- a/docs/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/index.asciidoc
@@ -176,8 +176,11 @@ filter plugins.
 
   * Value type is <<hash,hash>>
   * Default value is `{}`
+  * format: `+"aggregation_name" => "[path][on][event]"+`:
+  ** `aggregation_name`: aggregation name in result from {es}
+  ** `[path][on][event]`: path for where to place the value on the current event, using field-reference notation
 
-Hash of aggregation names to copy from elasticsearch response into Logstash event fields
+A mapping of aggregations to copy into the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-target>> of the current event.
 
 Example:
 [source,ruby]
@@ -247,8 +250,11 @@ These custom headers will override any headers previously set by the plugin such
 
   * Value type is <<hash,hash>>
   * Default value is `{}`
+  * format: `+"path.in.source" => "[path][on][event]"+`:
+  ** `path.in.source`: field path in document source of result from {es}, using dot-notation
+  ** `[path][on][event]`: path for where to place the value on the current event, using field-reference notation
 
-Hash of docinfo fields to copy from old event (found via elasticsearch) into new event
+A mapping of docinfo (`_source`) fields to copy into the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-target>> of the current event.
 
 Example:
 [source,ruby]
@@ -274,9 +280,11 @@ Whether results should be sorted or not
 
   * Value type is <<array,array>>
   * Default value is `{}`
+  * format: `+"path.in.result" => "[path][on][event]"+`:
+  ** `path.in.result`: field path in indexed result from {es}, using dot-notation
+  ** `[path][on][event]`: path for where to place the value on the current event, using field-reference notation
 
-An array of fields to copy from the old event (found via elasticsearch) into the
-new event, currently being processed.
+A mapping of indexed fields to copy into the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-target>> of the current event.
 
 In the following example, the values of `@timestamp` and `event_id` on the event
 found via elasticsearch are copied to the current event's

docs/index.asciidoc

spec/filters/elasticsearch_spec.rb

Documentation suggestions. Co-authored-by: Rye Biesemeyer <yaauie@users.noreply.github.com>

…ocs info fields are placed in target field.

mashhurs · 2025-05-06T19:22:23Z

I've left a couple of nitpicks, but this looks sensible.

We may want to also link back to target in each of the affected fields (and improve their docs while we're at it), something like:

diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc
index b5a6eff..f86be0c 100644
--- a/docs/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/index.asciidoc
@@ -176,8 +176,11 @@ filter plugins.
 
   * Value type is <<hash,hash>>
   * Default value is `{}`
+  * format: `+"aggregation_name" => "[path][on][event]"+`:
+  ** `aggregation_name`: aggregation name in result from {es}
+  ** `[path][on][event]`: path for where to place the value on the current event, using field-reference notation
 
-Hash of aggregation names to copy from elasticsearch response into Logstash event fields
+A mapping of aggregations to copy into the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-target>> of the current event.

Applied with commit. The additional changes I made:

As I remember we had a doc render issue when using + to keep original text (for =>), so removed + for consistency;
just realized I didn't add target support on docsinfo_fields and added with this commit as well

I will be merging on 🟢 CI and iterate with separate changes if required.
I will release 3.x first by rebasing this change.

* Introduces a target field as a field reference (mixin validated) where if set result is placed into the target. * Simplifies the set extracted values to the event with target logic. Applies setting to target with aggregations similarly with es-input. * Mention to target in each fields which can be placed in the target. Docs info fields are placed in target field. --------- Co-authored-by: Rye Biesemeyer <yaauie@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit 5abbe49)

* Introduces a target field as a field reference (mixin validated) where if set result is placed into the target. * Simplifies the set extracted values to the event with target logic. Applies setting to target with aggregations similarly with es-input. * Mention to target in each fields which can be placed in the target. Docs info fields are placed in target field. --------- (cherry picked from commit 5abbe49) Co-authored-by: Rye Biesemeyer <yaauie@users.noreply.github.com>

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