# Updating an array field without a script
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 15, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249 "2015-04-15T09:32:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@redserpent7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/redserpent7)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249/1 "2015-04-15T09:32:45Z")
Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way to add or remove from an array field
without using a script? All the examples I came across use scripts to do
this, yet I do not want to enable scripts on my cluster (dynamic or
indexed).
How can I achieve this?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan_2)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249/2 "2015-04-15T09:38:24Z")
Hi ,
You can place your script under script directory
[http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html)
and use this script without enabling scripting.
You can find more information on this here
[http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html)
.
Or you can write a java code which does this and package it as a plugin.
You can find some examples here
[https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch-native-script-example](https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch-native-script-example).
In both these case , you need to make sure this code/plugin is pushed to
all the nodes.
Thanks
Vineeth Mohan,
Elasticsearch consultant,
[qbox.io](http://qbox.io) ( Elasticsearch service provider [http://qbox.io/](http://qbox.io/))
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Zaid Amir [redserpent7@gmail.com](mailto:redserpent7@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if there is a way to add or remove from an array
> field without using a script? All the examples I came across use scripts to
> do this, yet I do not want to enable scripts on my cluster (dynamic or
> indexed).
>
> How can I achieve this?
>
> Thanks
>
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### Author:  [@redserpent7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/redserpent7)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249/3 "2015-04-15T09:49:45Z")
So what you're saying is, there is no way to do this without a script or
plugin. Is that right?
On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 12:38:37 PM UTC+3, vineeth mohan wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> You can place your script under script directory
> [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html)
> and use this script without enabling scripting.
> You can find more information on this here
> [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html)
> .
> Or you can write a java code which does this and package it as a plugin.
> You can find some examples here
> [https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch-native-script-example](https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch-native-script-example).
>
> In both these case , you need to make sure this code/plugin is pushed to
> all the nodes.
>
> Thanks
> Vineeth Mohan,
> Elasticsearch consultant,
> [qbox.io](http://qbox.io) ( Elasticsearch service provider [http://qbox.io/](http://qbox.io/))
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Zaid Amir \<[redse...@gmail.com](mailto:redse...@gmail.com)
> \\> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to know if there is a way to add or remove from an array
> > field without using a script? All the examples I came across use scripts to
> > do this, yet I do not want to enable scripts on my cluster (dynamic or
> > indexed).
> >
> > How can I achieve this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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### Author:  [@vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan_2)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249/4 "2015-04-15T17:23:13Z")
Hello Zaid ,
It seems so.
But then you can anytime take the document , make the changes and index it
back to the same docID.
That does not need any scripting capability.
Thanks
Vineeth Mohan,
Elasticsearch consultant,
[qbox.io](http://qbox.io) ( Elasticsearch service provider [http://qbox.io/](http://qbox.io/))
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Zaid Amir [redserpent7@gmail.com](mailto:redserpent7@gmail.com) wrote:
> So what you're saying is, there is no way to do this without a script or
> plugin. Is that right?
>
> On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 12:38:37 PM UTC+3, vineeth mohan wrote:
>
> > Hi ,
> >
> > You can place your script under script directory
> > [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html)
> > and use this script without enabling scripting.
> > You can find more information on this here
> > [http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html](http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.x/modules-scripting.html)
> > .
> > Or you can write a java code which does this and package it as a plugin.
> > You can find some examples here
> > [https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch-native-script-example](https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch-native-script-example).
> >
> > In both these case , you need to make sure this code/plugin is pushed to
> > all the nodes.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Vineeth Mohan,
> > Elasticsearch consultant,
> > [qbox.io](http://qbox.io) ( Elasticsearch service provider [http://qbox.io/](http://qbox.io/))
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Zaid Amir [redse...@gmail.com](mailto:redse...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to know if there is a way to add or remove from an array
> > > field without using a script? All the examples I came across use scripts to
> > > do this, yet I do not want to enable scripts on my cluster (dynamic or
> > > indexed).
> > >
> > > How can I achieve this?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
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#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-an-array-field-without-a-script/23249/5 "2017-07-06T00:19:31Z")