# Accessing search result (index\_out\_of\_bounds **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508 "2018-04-25T13:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rickdegreef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rickdegreef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rickdegreef)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/1 "2018-04-25T13:59:46Z")
Hi there, When trying out the watcher, we would like to add info we collected in the input to a webhook POST request. We are trying to use the `ctx.payload.hits.hits` (with or without any index number). Unfortunately, every time we are getting an index\_out\_of\_bound\_exception. Our query gets over 400 hits. What can we do to get the information we're requesting in the body of our webhook? ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/2 "2018-04-25T14:01:23Z")
the correct value would be `ctx.payload.hits.hits` - however, whenever such a kind of problem arises, the best thing would be to paste the output of the [execute watch API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.2/watcher-api-execute-watch.html) in a gist. --Alex ---
**Author:** ![rickdegreef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rickdegreef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rickdegreef)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/4 "2018-04-25T14:20:13Z")
Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply. This is the output we're getting: ``` "condition": { "type": "compare", "status": "success", "met": true, "compare": { "resolved_values": { "ctx.payload.hits.total": 427 } } }, "actions": [ { "id": "enterpriseAlert", "type": "webhook", "status": "failure", "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "general_script_exception", "reason": "Error running com.github.mustachejava.codes.DefaultMustache@246918af" } ], "type": "general_script_exception", "reason": "Error running com.github.mustachejava.codes.DefaultMustache@246918af", "caused_by": { "type": "mustache_exception", "reason": "Failed to get value for ctx.payload.hits.hits.1 @[query-template:1]", "caused_by": { "type": "mustache_exception", "reason": "1 @[query-template:1]", "caused_by": { "type": "index_out_of_bounds_exception", "reason": "1" } } } } } ] ``` ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/5 "2018-04-25T14:37:47Z")
please include the **full** response, this misses a lot of things. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![rickdegreef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rickdegreef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rickdegreef)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/6 "2018-04-25T16:06:07Z")
I'm sorry. Here it is: ``` { "watch_id": "_inlined_", "node": "xAY0l29iSGKCuZOPmASWdQ", "state": "executed", "status": { "state": { "active": true, "timestamp": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z" }, "last_checked": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z", "last_met_condition": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z", "actions": { "enterpriseAlert": { "ack": { "timestamp": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z", "state": "awaits_successful_execution" }, "last_execution": { "timestamp": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z", "successful": false, "reason": "" } } }, "execution_state": "executed", "version": -1 }, "trigger_event": { "type": "manual", "triggered_time": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z", "manual": { "schedule": { "scheduled_time": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z" } } }, "input": { "search": { "request": { "search_type": "query_then_fetch", "indices": [ "pymon*" ], "types": [], "body": { "size": 0, "query": { "bool": { "must": { "match": { "type": "Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters" } }, "must_not": { "match": { "properties.clusterState": "Available" } }, "should": [ { "range": { "date_time": { "gte": "now-5m/m" } } } ] } } } } } }, "condition": { "compare": { "ctx.payload.hits.total": { "gte": 1 } } }, "metadata": { "name": "Check the status of Service Fabric", "xpack": { "type": "json" } }, "result": { "execution_time": "2018-04-25T16:05:03.894Z", "execution_duration": 4, "input": { "type": "search", "status": "success", "payload": { "_shards": { "total": 15, "failed": 0, "successful": 15, "skipped": 0 }, "hits": { "hits": [], "total": 430, "max_score": 0 }, "took": 2, "timed_out": false }, "search": { "request": { "search_type": "query_then_fetch", "indices": [ "pymon*" ], "types": [], "body": { "size": 0, "query": { "bool": { "must": { "match": { "type": "Microsoft.ServiceFabric/clusters" } }, "must_not": { "match": { "properties.clusterState": "Available" } }, "should": [ { "range": { "date_time": { "gte": "now-5m/m" } } } ] } } } } } }, "condition": { "type": "compare", "status": "success", "met": true, "compare": { "resolved_values": { "ctx.payload.hits.total": 430 } } }, "actions": [ { "id": "enterpriseAlert", "type": "webhook", "status": "failure", "error": { "root_cause": [ { "type": "general_script_exception", "reason": "Error running com.github.mustachejava.codes.DefaultMustache@246918af" } ], "type": "general_script_exception", "reason": "Error running com.github.mustachejava.codes.DefaultMustache@246918af", "caused_by": { "type": "mustache_exception", "reason": "Failed to get value for ctx.payload.hits.hits.1 @[query-template:1]", "caused_by": { "type": "mustache_exception", "reason": "1 @[query-template:1]", "caused_by": { "type": "index_out_of_bounds_exception", "reason": "1" } } } } } ] }, "messages": [] } ``` ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/7 "2018-04-25T16:44:07Z")
now everything is clear. By specifying `size: 0` in your request you explicitely did not want to have the data structure in your response, you are trying to access in your action. This is why the array is emtpy. ---
**Author:** ![rickdegreef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rickdegreef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rickdegreef)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/8 "2018-04-26T05:42:26Z")
Oh god. Well, that's a stupid error. Thanks for helping me solving it! After looking it up I found out that it isn't even a required field. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-search-result-index-out-of-bounds/129508/9 "2018-05-24T05:42:37Z")
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