# Document cloning and splitting in Ingest APIs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 19, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494 "2017-05-19T21:55:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nileshgattani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@nileshgattani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nileshgattani)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494/1 "2017-05-19T21:55:20Z")

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Hi there,

Do ElasticSearch Ingest APIs support cloning and splitting a document into multiple documents? My usecase is as below -

When I receive a document of a certain type, it may have an array field e.g.  
{  
" \_id" : "someid",  
"\_type" : "type1",  
"field\_to\_split" : [f1, f2],  
"\_message" : "somemessage"  
}

Then I want to to convert it into 3 documents as :  
{  
" \_id" : "someid",  
"\_type" : "type1",  
"field\_to\_split" : [f1, f2],  
"\_message" : "somemessage"  
}  
{  
" \_id" : "f1",  
"\_type" : "type2",  
"\_message" : "somemessage"  
}

{  
" \_id" : "f2",  
"\_type" : "type2",  
"\_message" : "somemessage"  
}

Thanks  
-Nilesh

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494/2 "2017-05-20T04:46:14Z")

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No. It's not supported.

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**Author:** ![nileshgattani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@nileshgattani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nileshgattani)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494/3 "2017-05-22T17:32:00Z")

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Thanks. Its supported in logstash via a combination of split and clone filters. Is there any plan to support this feature in ElasticSearch Ingest APIs in near future?

-Nilesh

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494/4 "2017-05-23T07:53:57Z")

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There is no plan AFAIK to support such a feature in ingest.  
About logstash, I suggest you ask in #logstash.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-cloning-and-splitting-in-ingest-apis/86494/5 "2017-06-20T07:54:18Z")

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