Native Cribl LogStream function methods can be found under C.*, and can be invoked from any Function that allows for expression evaluations. For example, to create a field that is the SHA1 of a another field's value, you can use the Eval function with this Evaluate Fields pair:

C.Crypto – Data Encryption and Decryption Functions

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C.Crypto.decrypt
(method) Crypto.decrypt(value: string): string
Decrypt all occurrences of ciphers in the given value. Instances that cannot be decrypted (for any reason) are left intact.
@param – value – string in which to look for ciphers
@returns – value with ciphers decrypted

C.Crypto.encrypt
(method) Crypto.encrypt(value: any, keyclass: number, keyId?: string, defaultVal?: string): string
Encrypt the given value with the keyId, or with a keyId picked up automatically based on keyclass.

@param {string | Buffer} value - what to encrypt.
@param – keyclass – if keyId isn't specified, pick one at the given keyclass.
@param – keyId - encryption keyId, takes precedence over keyclass.
@param – defaultVal – what to return if encryption fails for any reason; if unspecified, the original value is returned.
@returns – if encryption succeeds, the encrypted value; otherwise, defaultVal if specified; otherwise, value.

C.Decode – Data Decoding Functions

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C.Decode.base64
(method) Decode.base64(val: string, resultEnc?: string): any
Performs base64 decoding of the given string. Returns a string or Buffer, depending on the resultEnc value, which defaults to 'utf8'.
@param – val – value to base64-decode
@param – resultEnc – encoding to use to convert the binary data to a string. Defaults to 'utf8'. Use 'utf8‑valid' to validate that result is valid UTF8; use 'buffer' if you need the binary data in a Buffer.

C.Decode.gzip
(method) Decode.gzip(value: any, encoding?: string): string
Gunzip the supplied value.
@param – value – the value to gunzip.
@param – encoding – encoding of value, for example: 'base64', 'hex', 'utf-8', 'binary'. Default is 'base64'. If data is received as Buffer (from gzip with encoding:'none'), decoding is skipped.

C.Decode.hex
(method) Decode.hex(val: string): number
Performs hex to number conversion. (Returns NaN if value cannot be converted to a number.)
@param – val – hex string to parse to a number (e.g., "0xcafe").

C.Decode.uri
(method) Decode.uri(val: string): string
Performs URI-decoding of the given string.
@param – val – value to URI-decode.

C.Encode – Data Encoding Functions

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C.Encode.base64
(method) Encode.base64(val: any, trimTrailEq?: boolean): string
Returns a base64 representation of the given string or Buffer.
@param – val – value to base64-encode.
@param – trimTrailEq – whether to trim any trailing =.

C.Encode.gzip
(method) Encode.gzip(value: string, encoding?: string): any
Gzip, and optionally base64-encode, the supplied value.
@param – value – the value to gzip.
@param – encoding – encoding of value, for example: 'base64', 'hex', 'utf-8', 'binary', 'none'. Default is 'base64'. If 'none' is specified, data will be returned as a Buffer.

C.Encode.hex
(method) Encode.hex(val: string | number): string
Rounds the number to an integer and returns its hex representation (lowercase). If a string is provided, it will be parsed into a number or NaN.
@param – val – value to convert to hex.

C.Encode.uri
(method) Encode.uri(val: string): string
Returns the URI-encoded representation of the given string.
@param – val – value to uri encode.

C.env – Environment

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C.env
(property) env: {[key: string]: string;}
An object containing the environment variables.

C.Lookup – Inline Lookup Functions

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C.Lookup – Exact Lookup
(property) Lookup: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields?: string[], ignoreCase?: boolean) => InlineLookup
Returns an instance of a lookup to use inline.

C.LookupCIDR - CIDR Lookup
(property) Lookup: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields?: string[]) => InlineLookup
Returns an instance of a CIDR lookup to use inline.

C.LookupRegex - Regex Lookup
(property) Lookup: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields?: string[]) => InlineLookup
Returns an instance of a Regex lookup to use inline.

(method) InlineLookup.match(value: string, fieldToReturn?: string): any
@param – value – the value to look up.
@param – fieldToReturn – name of the lookup file > field to return.

E.g., C.Lookup('lookup-exact.csv', 'foo').match('abc', 'bar')
Return the value of field bar in the lookup table if field foo matches abc.

Example 1: C.LookupCIDR('lookup-cidr.csv', 'foo').match('192.168.1.1', 'bar')
Return the value of field bar in the lookup table if the CIDR range in foo includes 192.168.1.1.

Example 2: C.LookupCIDR('lookup-cidr.csv', 'cidr').match(hostIP, 'location')

Example 3: C.LookupRegex('lookup-regex.csv', 'foo').match('manchester', 'bar')
Return the value of field bar in the lookup table if the regex in foo matches the string manchester.

C.Mask – Data Masking Functions

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C.Mask.CC
(method) Mask.CC(value: string, unmasked?: number, maskChar?: string): string
Check whether a value could be a valid credit card number, and mask a subset of the value. By default, all digits except the last 4 will be replaced with X.
@param – value – a string whose digits to mask IFF it could be a valid credit card number.
@param – unmasked – number of digits to leave unmasked: positive for left, negative for right, 0 for none.
@param – maskChar – a string/char to replace a digit with.

C.Mask.IMEI
(method) Mask.IMEI(value: string, unmasked?: number, maskChar?: string): string
Check whether a value could be a vlaid IMEI number, and mask a subset of the value. By default, all digits except the last 4 will be replaced with X.
@param – value – a string whose digits to mask IFF it could be a valid IMEI number.
@param – unmasked – number of digits to leave unmasked: positive for left, negative for right, 0 for none.
@param – maskChar – a string/char to replace a digit with.

C.Mask.isCC
(method) Mask.isCC(value: string): boolean
Checks whether the given value could be a valid credit card number, by computing the string's Lunh's checksum modulo 10 == 0.
@param – value – a string to check for being a valid credit card number.

C.Mask.isIMEI
(method) Mask.isIMEI(value: string): boolean
Checks whether the given value could be a valid IMEI number, by computing the string's Lunh's checksum modulo 10 == 0.
@param – value – a string to check for being a valid IMEI number

C.Mask.luhn
(method) Mask.luhn(value: string, unmasked?: number, maskChar?: string): string
Check that value Lunh's checksum mod 10 is 0, and mask a subset of the value. By default, all digits except the last 4 will be replaced with X. If the value's Lunh's checksum mod 10 is not 0, then the value is returned unmodified.
@param – value – a string whose digits to mask IFF the value's Lunh's checksum mod 10 is 0.
@param – unmasked – number of digits to leave unmasked: positive for left, negative for right, 0 for none.
@param – maskChar – a string/char to replace a digit with.

C.Mask.LUHN_SUB
(property) Mask.LUHN_SUB: any

C.Mask.luhnChecksum
(method) Mask.luhnChecksum(value: string, mod?: number): number
Generates the Luhn checksum (used to validate certain credit card numbers, IMEIs, etc.). By default, the mod 10 of the checksum is returned. Pass mod = 0 to get the actual checksum.
@param – value – a string whose digits you want to perform the Lunh checksum on.
@param – mod – return checksum modulo this number. If 0, skip modulo. Default is 10.

C.Mask.md5
(method) Mask.md5(value: string, len?: string | number): string
Generate MD5 hash of a given value.
@param – value – compute the hash of this.
@param – len – length of hash to return: 0 for full hash, a +number for left or a -number for right substring. If a string is passed it's length will be used.

C.Mask.random
(method) Mask.random(len?: string | number): string
Generates a random alphanumeric string.
@param – len – a number indicating the length of the result; or, if a string, use its length.

C.Mask.REDACTED
(property) Mask.REDACTED: string
The literal 'REDACTED'.

C.Mask.repeat
(method) Mask.repeat(len?: string | number, char?: string): string
Generates a repeating char/string pattern, e.g., XXXX.
@param – len – a number indicating the length of the result; or, if a string, use its length.
@param – char – pattern to repeat len times.

C.Mask.sha1
(method) Mask.sha1(value: string, len?: string | number): string
Generate SHA1 hash of given value.
@param – value - compute the hash of this.
@param – len - length of hash to return: 0 for full hash, a +number for left, or a -number for right.
substring. If a string is passed, its length will be used

C.Misc – Miscellaneous Utility Functions

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C.Misc.zip()
(method) Misc.zip(keys: string[], values: any[], dest?: any): any
Set the given keys to the corresponding values on the given dest object. If dest is not provided, a new object will be constructed.
@param – keys – field names corresponding to values.
@param – values – values corresponding to keys.
@param – dest – object on which to set field values.
@returns – object on which the fields were set.

E.g., people = C.Misc.zip(titles, names)
Sample data: titles=['ceo', 'svp', 'vp'], names=['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
Create an object called people, with key names from elements in titles, and with corresponding values from elements in names.
Result: "people": {"ceo": "foo", "svp": "bar", "vp": "baz"}

C.Net – Network Functions

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C.Net.cidrMatch()
(method) Net.cidrMatch(cidrIpRange: string, ipAddress: string): boolean
Determines whether the supplied IPv4 ipAddress is inside the range of addresses identified by cidrIpRange. For example: C.Net.cidrMatch ('10.0.0.0/24', '10.0.0.100') returns true.
@param – cidrIpRange – IPv4 address range in CIDR format. E.g., 10.0.0.0/24.
@param – ipAddress – The IPv4 IP address to test for inclusion in cidrIpRange.

C.Net.ipv6Normalize()
(method) Net.ipv6Normalize(address: string): string
Normalize an IPV6 address based on RFC draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-04.
@param – address – the IPV6 address to normalize.

C.Net.isPrivate()
(method) Net.isPrivate(address: string): string
Determine whether the supplied IPv4 address is in the range of private addresses per RFC1819.
@param – address – address to test.

C.os – System Functions

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C.confVersion
Returns Cribl LogStream config version.

C.os.hostname()
Returns hostname of the system running this Cribl LogStream instance.

C.Schema – Schema Functions

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C.Schema()
(property) Schema: (id: string) => SchemaValidator
(method) SchemaValidator.validate(data: any): boolean
Validates the given object against the schema.
@param – data – object to be validated.
@returns – true when schema is valid; otherwise, false.

Example: C.Schema('schema1').validate(myField) will validate if myField object conforms to schema1.

See Schema Library for more details.

C.Text – Text Functions

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C.Text.entropy()
(method) Text.entropy(bytes: any): number
Computes the Shannon entropy of the given buffer or string.
@param – bytes – value to undergo Shannon entropy computation.
@returns – the entropy value; or -1 in case of an error.

C.Text.hashCode()
(method) Text.hashCode(val: string | Buffer | number): number
Computes hashcode (djb2) of the given value.
@param – val - value to be hashed.
@returns – hashcode value.

C.Text.isASCII()
(method) Text.isASCII(bytes: any): boolean
Checks whether all bytes or chars are in the ASCII printable range.
@param – bytes – value to check for character range.
@returns – true if all chars/bytes are within ASCII printable range; otherwise, false.

C.Text.isUTF8()
(method) Text.isUTF8(bytes: any): boolean
Checks whether the given Buffer contains valid UTF8.
@param – bytes – bytes to check.
@returns – true if bytes are UTF8; otherwise, false.

C.Text.relativeEntropy()
(method) Text.relativeEntropy(bytes: any, modelName?: string): number
Computes the relative entropy of the given buffer or string.
@param – bytes – value whose relative entropy to compute.
@param – modelName – Name of the model to test the string with.
@returns – the relative entropy value, or -1 in case of an error.

C.Time – Time Functions

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C.Time.adjustTZ()
(method) Time.adjustTZ(epochTime: number, tzTo: string, tzFrom?: string): number
Adjust a timestamp from one timezone to another.
@param – epochTime – UNIX epoch time.
@param – tzTo – timezone to adjust to.
@param – tzFrom – optional timezone of the timestamp.

C.Time.strftime()
(method) Time.strftime(date: number | Date, format: string, utc?: boolean): string
Format a Date object or number as a time string, using strftime specifier.
@param – date – Date object or number (seconds since epoch) to format.
@param – format – specifier to use to format the date.
@param – utc – whether to output the time in UTC, rather than in local timezone.
@returns – representation of the given date.

C.Time.strptime()
(method) Time.strptime(str: string, format: string, utc?: boolean, strict?: boolean): Date
Extract time from a string using strptime specifier.
@param – str – string to parse to a timestamp (see strict flag).
@param - format – strptime specifier.
@param – utc – whether to interpret times as UTC, rather than as local time.
@param – strict – whether to return null if there are any extra characters after timestamp.
@returns – a parsed Date object, if successful; otherwise, null if the specifier did not match.

C.Time.timestampFinder()
(method) Time.timestampFinder(utc?: boolean): AutoTimeParser

C.vars – Global Variables

See Global Variables Library for more details.

C.version – Cribl LogStream Version

(property) version: string
Cribl LogStream Version.