ContainsValue

Learn about the ContainsValue OTTL converter function.

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The ContainsValue converter checks if a slice/array contains a specific value.

Syntax: ContainsValue(slice, value)

  • slice: the array/list field to search
  • value: the value to search for

Input

{
	"_type": "log",
	"body": "User permissions check",
	"resource": {...},
	"attributes": {
		"user_roles": ["admin", "editor", "viewer"],
		"required_role": "admin",
		"invalid_role": "superuser"
	}
}

Statement

set(attributes["has_admin"], ContainsValue(attributes["user_roles"], attributes["required_role"]))
set(attributes["has_superuser"], ContainsValue(attributes["user_roles"], attributes["invalid_role"]))

Output

{
	"_type": "log",
	"body": "User permissions check",
	"resource": {...},
	"attributes": {
		"user_roles": ["admin", "editor", "viewer"],
		"required_role": "admin",
		"invalid_role": "superuser",
		"has_admin": true,
		"has_superuser": false
	}
}

The ContainsValue function correctly identified whether the array contains the specified values.