Extract

Extract (extract)

Extract fields from text using regular expressions.

Contents

• Fields

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
description	string		describe this step.
condition	lua-expression (string)		Only run this action if the specified condition is met.
input-field	event-field (string)		The field containing the text.
remove	boolean (bool)		Remove field containing text afterwards.
suppress-warnings	boolean (bool)		Suppress warnings generated by this action.
drop	boolean (bool)		Don’t pass through failed matches.
pattern	regex (string)	✅	Pattern containing named groups. Default is to use the group names.
output-fields	string		field names to match with each matched group.
convert	string		Optionally convert these fields afterwards. The field names will override fields above.
output-pattern	string		Optionally, do a substitution using text containing $1, $2, etc. referring to captured groups.
output-field	event-field (string)		Write to this field if doing a substitution.