# Trying to pass params to elasticsearch getting null\_pointer\_exception
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-pass-params-to-elasticsearch-getting-null-pointer-exception/163230
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** painless
**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-pass-params-to-elasticsearch-getting-null-pointer-exception/163230 "2019-01-07T15:24:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@qballer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qballer)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-pass-params-to-elasticsearch-getting-null-pointer-exception/163230/1 "2019-01-07T15:24:24Z")
I'm trying to send to Elasticsearch the following query. Here is the most minimal update by query which gives me the exception. Lets name it Query1:
```auto
{
"id": "someID",
"script": {
"lang": "painless",
"source": " if (ctx._source.containsKey('value')) { ctx._source.value = ctx._source.value + params.value; }"
},
"params": {
"value": 1
},
"upsert": {
"value": 1
}
}
```
Been trying to hunt down this issue for a while now. In our case the parameter value is indexed as an `integer`. The query it's self is being sent as part of a bulk API. Which looks like as a following:
```auto
{update: {_id:"someID", _index:"someIndex", _type:"someType"}}
(Query1)
```
when trying to run the script it will have a run time exception:
null\_point\_exception
```auto
params.value
^--- here
```
I've seen [related](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53336532/nullpointerexceptions-when-accessing-elasticsearch-painless-scripted-metric-aggr?noredirect=1#comment94976717_53336532) issues to this one but non which contains solutions. In stack overflow and other sites.
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### Author:  [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-pass-params-to-elasticsearch-getting-null-pointer-exception/163230/2 "2019-01-07T17:51:28Z")
The `params` should be inside the `script` block. Something like this should work:
```auto
"script": {
"lang": "painless",
"source": " if (ctx._source.containsKey('value')) { ctx._source.value = ctx._source.value + params.value; }"
"params": {
"value": 1
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@qballer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qballer)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-pass-params-to-elasticsearch-getting-null-pointer-exception/163230/3 "2019-01-07T18:42:44Z")
I feel really silly. wow thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-to-pass-params-to-elasticsearch-getting-null-pointer-exception/163230/4 "2019-02-04T18:42:45Z")
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