Trim processor

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Trims whitespace from field. If the field is an array of strings, all members of the array will be trimmed.

This only works on leading and trailing whitespace.

Table 40. Trim Options

Name Required Default Description

field

yes

-

The string-valued field to trim whitespace from

target_field

no

field

The field to assign the trimmed value to, by default field is updated in-place

ignore_missing

no

false

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

description

no

-

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

if

no

-

Conditionally execute the processor. See Conditionally run a processor.

ignore_failure

no

false

Ignore failures for the processor. See Handling pipeline failures.

on_failure

no

-

Handle failures for the processor. See Handling pipeline failures.

tag

no

-

Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

{
  "trim": {
    "field": "foo"
  }
}