Trim Processor

Trims whitespace from field.

This only works on leading and trailing whitespace.

Table 58. 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

if

no

-

Conditionally execute this processor.

on_failure

no

-

Handle failures for this processor. See Handling Failures in Pipelines.

ignore_failure

no

false

Ignore failures for this processor. See Handling Failures in Pipelines.

tag

no

-

An identifier for this processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

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