# Convert string to ip in painless processor
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip-in-painless-processor/328189
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** painless
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip-in-painless-processor/328189 "2023-03-21T17:15:55Z")
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### Author:  [@HansPeterSloot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HansPeterSloot)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip-in-painless-processor/328189/1 "2023-03-21T17:15:55Z")
Hello,
Is there a way to convert a string to an ip address in a painless processor?
Regards Hans
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### Author:  [@William\_Brafford](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/William_Brafford)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip-in-painless-processor/328189/2 "2023-03-21T18:19:58Z")
If your index has the field [mapped as an IP address](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/ip.html), it should be able to accept IP addresses as strings. Here's a quick contrived example from Kibana dev tools:
```auto
# create an index with an IP field mapping
PUT ip-docs
{
"mappings": {
"properties": {
"ip_addr": {
"type": "ip"
}
}
}
}
# a processor that splits a column-delimited field, assuming an IP address there
PUT _ingest/pipeline/ip_grabber
{
"processors": [
{
"script": {
"description": "extract IP address",
"lang": "painless",
"source": """
String[] envSplit = ctx['env'].splitOnToken(params['delimiter']);
ctx['ip_addr'] = envSplit[params['position']].trim();
""",
"params": {
"delimiter": "|",
"position": 1
}
}
}
]
}
# send a document in the expected format
POST ip-docs/_doc?pipeline=ip_grabber
{
"env": "es01-prod|192.0.0.1"
}
# we can search on the IP
GET ip-docs/_search
{
"query": {
"range": {
"ip_addr": {
"gte": "192.0.0.0",
"lte": "192.0.0.2"
}
}
}
}
```
If you want validation and more control over parsing failures, you can use a [convert processor](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/convert-processor.html) after your script processor:
```auto
POST _ingest/pipeline/_simulate
{
"pipeline": {
"processors": [
{
"script": {
"description": "extract IP address",
"lang": "painless",
"source": """
String[] envSplit = ctx['env'].splitOnToken(params['delimiter']);
ctx['ip_addr'] = envSplit[params['position']].trim();
""",
"params": {
"delimiter": "|",
"position": 1
}
}
},
{
"convert": {
"field": "ip_addr",
"type": "ip"
}
}
]
},
"docs": [
{
"_source": {
"env": "es01-prod|192.invalid.ip.1"
}
}
]
}
```
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### Author:  [@HansPeterSloot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HansPeterSloot)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip-in-painless-processor/328189/3 "2023-03-22T09:39:15Z")
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip-in-painless-processor/328189/4 "2023-04-19T09:39:42Z")
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