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Lua Filter allows you to modify the incoming records using custom Lua Scripts.
Due to the necessity to have a flexible filtering mechanism, now is possible to extend Fluent Bit capabilities writing simple filters using Lua programming language. A Lua based filter takes two steps:
Configure the Filter in the main configuration
Prepare a Lua script that will be used by the Filter
Content:
​Configuration Parameters​
​Getting Started​
​Lua Script Filter API​
Configuration Parameters
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Key
Description
Script
Path to the Lua script that will be used.
Call
Lua function name that will be triggered to do filtering. It's assumed that the function is declared inside the Script defined above.
Type_int_key
If the key is matched, that field will be converted to integer.
Getting Started
In order to test the filter, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file. The following examples uses the dummy input plugin for data ingestion, invoke Lua filter using the test.lua script and calls the cb_print() function which only print the same information to the standard output:
Command Line
From the command line you can use the following options:
$ fluent-bit -i dummy -F lua -p script=test.lua -p call=cb_print -m '*' -o null
Configuration File
In your main configuration file append the following Input, Filter & Output sections:
[INPUT]
    Name   dummy
​
[FILTER]
    Name    lua
    Match   *
    script  test.lua
    call    cb_print
​
[OUTPUT]
    Name   null
    Match  *
Lua Script Filter API
The life cycle of a filter have the following steps:
Upon Tag matching by filter_lua, it may process or bypass the record.
If filterlua accepts the record, it will invoke the function defined in the _call property which basically is the name of a function defined in the Lua script.
Invoke Lua function passing each record in JSON format.
Upon return, validate return value and take some action (described above)
Callback Prototype
The Lua script can have one or multiple callbacks that can be used by filter_lua, it prototype is as follows:
function cb_print(tag, timestamp, record)
   return code, timestamp, record
end
Function Arguments
name
description
tag
Name of the tag associated with the incoming record.
timestamp
Unix timestamp with nanoseconds associated with the incoming record. The original format is a double (seconds.nanoseconds)
record
Lua table with the record content
Return Values
Each callback must return three values:
name
data type
description
code
integer
The code return value represents the result and further action that may follows. If code equals -1, means that filterlua must drop the record. If _code equals 0 the record will not be modified, otherwise if code equals 1, means the original timestamp or record have been modified so it must be replaced by the returned values from timestamp (second return value) and record (third return value).
timestamp
double
If code equals 1, the original record timestamp will be replaced with this new value.
record
table
if code equals 1, the original record information will be replaced with this new value. Note that the format of this value must be a valid Lua table.
Code Examples
For functional examples of this interface, please refer to the code samples provided in the source code of the project located here:
​https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/tree/master/scripts​
Number Type
In Lua, Fluent Bit treats number as double. It means an integer field (e.g. IDs, log levels) will be converted double. To avoid type conversion, Type_int_key property is available.

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Parser

Key	Description
Script	Path to the Lua script that will be used.
Call	Lua function name that will be triggered to do filtering. It's assumed that the function is declared inside the Script defined above.
Type_int_key	If the key is matched, that field will be converted to integer.

name	description
tag	Name of the tag associated with the incoming record.
timestamp	Unix timestamp with nanoseconds associated with the incoming record. The original format is a double (seconds.nanoseconds)
record	Lua table with the record content

name	data type	description
code	integer	The code return value represents the result and further action that may follows. If code equals -1, means that filterlua must drop the record. If _code equals 0 the record will not be modified, otherwise if code equals 1, means the original timestamp or record have been modified so it must be replaced by the returned values from timestamp (second return value) and record (third return value).
timestamp	double	If code equals 1, the original record timestamp will be replaced with this new value.
record	table	if code equals 1, the original record information will be replaced with this new value. Note that the format of this value must be a valid Lua table.