How to index the ip address of long type

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hi, I want to index the data that has a ip address field stored as long. when i index the data with a ip type mapping, it says "mapper_parsing_exception", when i index it with a long type mapping, it cannot be query with ip. How can i deal with it and i can query with ip address

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Hi, you need to convert long to ip-address proir indexing if you want to use ip type.

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Thanks to @rusty. Why it cannot be converted automatically? This is inconvenient.

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You can create a feature request on github to extend ip-type mapper with ability to use long value as ip address.
Another way is scripting someting like this solution.

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@rusty thanks a lot. I am very intersted in elasticsearch community, but now i don't know how to create a feature request on github. I willl try my best to learn it and make contribution to the community.