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C.Lookup – Inline Lookup Methods

C.Lookup – Exact Lookup

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C.Lookup: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields: string[]=[],ignoreCase: boolean = false) => InlineLookup

Returns an instance of a lookup to use inline.

Examples

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In this example, host is the name of the primary key field:

C.Lookup('lookup_name.csv', 'IP_field_name_in_lookup_file').match(host)

Here, the quoted 'event_field_or_string_to_match' could be a string to match in the primary key field:

C.Lookup('name_of_lookup_file.csv', 'field_in_csv_to_match').match('event_field_or_string_to_match', 'field_in_csv_to_output')

This example checks whether someValue is present or not and returns the answer as a boolean.

C.Lookup('file', 'primaryKeyCol', additionalCols).match('someValue')

This expression returns a string – the fieldToReturn column from the matched lookup row:

C.Lookup('file', 'primaryKeyCol', additionalCols).match('someValue','fieldToReturn')

This expression returns an array – the specified fieldToReturn1 and fieldToReturn2 columns from the matched lookup row:

C.Lookup('file', 'primaryKeyCol').match('someValue', ['fieldToReturn1', 'fieldToReturn2'])

To return an array with all columns from the matched lookup row, you can use:

C.Lookup('file', 'primaryKeyCol').match('someValue', [])

C.Lookup can load lookup files of up to 10 MB.

All inputs to Lookup methods’ match() method must be strings. If your lookup file contains numeric fields, convert them to strings, e.g.: .match(String(<fieldname>).

You can use the optional otherFields[] argument, shown in the above C.Lookup() signatures and examples, to limit which columns of the lookup table will be available in a subsequent .match() call. If omitted, or set to undefined, all columns will be available.

Cribl Edge 4.1 and newer support returning all columns from a matched row. Use the empty-array convention shown in the above examples: .match('someValue',[]).

C.LookupCIDR – CIDR Lookup

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C.LookupCIDR: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields: string[]=[]) => InlineLookup

Returns an instance of a CIDR lookup to use inline.

C.LookupIgnoreCase – Case-insensitive Lookup

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C.LookupIgnoreCase: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields: string[]=[]) => InlineLookup

Returns an instance of a lookup (ignoring case) to use inline. Works identically to C.Lookup, except ignores the case of lookup values. (Equivalent to calling C.Lookup with its fourth ignoreCase? parameter set to true).

C.LookupRegex – Regex Lookup

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C.LookupRegex: (file: string, primaryKey?: string, otherFields: string[]=[]) => InlineLookup

Returns an instance of a Regex lookup to use inline.

C.Lookup.match()

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InlineLookup.match(value: string): boolean

InlineLookup.match(value: string, fieldToReturn?: string): any
InlineLookup.match(value: string, fieldToReturn: string[]): {[key: string]: any}

Examples

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To find the last row where the value from column foo matches the string abc, you can use the following expression. If a matching row is found, the expression returns the row’s value for column bar.

C.Lookup('lookup-exact.csv', 'foo').match('abc', 'bar')

To find the last row where the value from column transport matches the string tcp, you can use the following expression. If a matching row is found, the expression returns the row’s value for column port_number.

C.Lookup('service_names_port_numbers.csv', 'transport').match('tcp', 'port_number')

You can find the last row where the CIDR range in cidr includes 192.168.1.1 with the following expression. If a matching row is found, the expression returns the row’s value for column bar.

C.LookupCIDR('lookup-cidr.csv', 'cidr').match('192.168.1.1', 'bar')

The following expression finds the last row where the value from column cidr matches hostIP. If a matching row is found, it returns the row’s value for column location.

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

To find the last row where the regex in column foo matches the string manchester, use the following expression. If a matching row is found, the expression returns the row’s value for column bar.

C.LookupRegex('lookup-regex.csv', 'foo').match('manchester', 'bar')

With C.LookupRegex, ensure that your lookup file contains no empty lines – not even at the bottom. Any empty rows will cause C.LookupRegex().match() to always return true.