# putScript issue
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putscript-issue/105939
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 31, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putscript-issue/105939 "2017-10-31T18:25:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@jacktuck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacktuck)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putscript-issue/105939/1 "2017-10-31T18:25:28Z")
```
const s = await client.putScript({
id: 'appendToDirectChat',
lang: 'painless',
body: {
script: 'ctx._source.directChats = (ctx._source.directChats) ? ctx._source.directChats + user : [user]'
}
})
```
Anyone got any hints as to why this errors?
> (node:72851) Error: [script\_exception] compile error, with { script\_stack={ 0="... tx.\_source.directChats + user : [user]" & 1=" ^---- HERE" } & script="ctx.\_source.directChats = (ctx.\_source.directChats) ? ctx.\_source.directChats + user : [user]" & lang="painless" }
> at respond (/Users/jt/dev/mono/packages/service-indexing/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:307:15)
> at checkRespForFailure (/Users/jt/dev/mono/packages/service-indexing/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:266:7)
> at HttpConnector. (/Users/jt/dev/mono/packages/service-indexing/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:159:7)
> at IncomingMessage.bound (/Users/jt/dev/mono/packages/service-indexing/node\_modules/lodash/dist/lodash.js:729:21)
> at emitNone (events.js:110:20)
> at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:207:7)
> at endReadableNT (\_stream\_readable.js:1059:12)
> at \_combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:138:11)
> at process.\_tickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:180:9)
> (node:72851) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
> at emitWarning (internal/process/promises.js:71:15)
> at emitPendingUnhandledRejections (internal/process/promises.js:88:11)
> at process.\_tickCallback (internal/process/next\_tick.js:189:7)
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### Author:  [@jacktuck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jacktuck)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putscript-issue/105939/2 "2017-10-31T18:25:55Z")
Javascript SDK - elasticsearch@13.3.1
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putscript-issue/105939/3 "2017-11-28T18:25:58Z")
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