Output based on metadata field is not working

[rameshpasunoori]

• Version: 7.3
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Config File (if you have sensitive info, please remove it):
  filter {mutate {
  add_field => {
  "[@metadata][ingestInto]" => "${INGEST_INTO:true}"
  }
  }

}

output {

file {
    path => "test.json"
    write_behavior => overwrite
}

**if [@metadata][ingestInto] != "true" {** 
    http {
            http_method => "post"
            url => "XXXXX"
            format => "message"
            headers => {"Content-Type" => "application/json"}
            content_type => "application/json"
            message => '%{message}'
            pool_max => 100
            pool_max_per_route => 100
    }
}
**else if [@metadata][ingestInto] != "false" {**

    elasticsearch {
        hosts => "${ES_HTTP_HOSTS}"
        index => "itoa1"
        document_id => "%{key}"
        document_type => "data"
    }       

}

}

• Sample Data:
  else if [@metadata][ingestInto] != "false" or true , always it trying to push data to elastic.

[Badger]

Use

output { stdout { codec => rubydebug { metadata => true } } }

What is the value of [@metadata][ingestInto]?

[rameshpasunoori]

@Badger

ingestInto

Setting the environment variable
set INGEST_INTO_JARVIS=true

mutate {
add_field => {
"[@metadata][ingestIntoJarvis]" => "${INGEST_INTO_JARVIS:true}"
} }

I have enable the output as suggested.

Nothing printed in [@metadata][ingestIntoJarvis] .

[Badger]

I cannot explain why the add_field would not occur.