RegEx Data Format

A custom data format defined by a regular expression.

Example

The following is an example of this object type.

{
  "id" : "MyInputDataType",
  "type" : "RegEx",
  "inputRegEx" : "([^ ]*) ([^ ]*) ([^ ]*) (-|\\[[^\\]]*\\]) ([^ \"]*|\"[^\"]*\") (-|[0-9]*) (-|[0-9]*)(?: ([^ \"]*|\"[^\"]*\") ([^ \"]*|\"[^\"]*\"))?",
  "outputFormat" : "%1$s %2$s %3$s %4$s %5$s %6$s %7$s %8$s %9$s",
  "column" : [
    "host STRING",
    "identity STRING",
    "user STRING",
    "time STRING",
    "request STRING",
    "status STRING",
    "size STRING",
    "referer STRING",
    "agent STRING"
  ]
}

Syntax

Optional Fields	Description	Slot Type
column	Column name with datatype specified by each field for the data described by this data node. Ex: hostname STRING For multiple values, use column names and data types separated by a space.	String
inputRegEx	The regular expression to parse an S3 input file. inputRegEx provides a way to retrieve columns from relatively unstructured data in a file.	String
outputFormat	The column fields retrieved by inputRegEx, but referenced as %1$s %2$s using Java formatter syntax.	String
parent	Parent of the current object from which slots will be inherited.	Reference Object, e.g. "parent":{"ref":"myBaseObjectId"}

Runtime Fields	Description	Slot Type
@version	Pipeline version the object was created with.	String

System Fields	Description	Slot Type
@error	Error describing the ill-formed object	String
@pipelineId	Id of the pipeline to which this object belongs to	String
@sphere	The sphere of an object denotes its place in the lifecycle: Component Objects give rise to Instance Objects which execute Attempt Objects	String