[[create-stored-script-api]]
=== Create or update stored script API
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<titleabbrev>Create or update stored script</titleabbrev>
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Creates or updates a <<script-stored-scripts,stored script>> or
<<search-template,search template>>.

[source,console]
----
PUT _scripts/my-stored-script
{
  "script": {
    "lang": "painless",
    "source": """
      TimestampHour date =  doc['@timestamp'].value; 
      return date.getHour()
    """
  }
}
----

[[create-stored-script-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`PUT _scripts/<script-id>`

`POST _scripts/<script-id>`

`PUT _scripts/<script-id>/<context>`

`POST _scripts/<script-id>/<context>`

[[create-stored-script-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.

[[create-stored-script-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<script-id>`::
(Required, string)
Name or identifier for the stored script or search template. Must be unique
within the cluster.

`<context>`::
(Optional, string)
Context in which the script or search template should run. To prevent errors,
the API immediately compiles the script or template in this context.

[[create-stored-script-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}

`context`::
(Optional, string)
Context in which the script or search template should run. To prevent errors,
the API immediately compiles the script or template in this context.
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If you specify both this and the `<context>` request path parameter, the API
uses the request path parameter.

include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]

[role="child_attributes"]
[[create-stored-script-api-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}

`script`::
(Required, object)
Contains the script or search template, its parameters, and its language.
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.Properties of `script`
[%collapsible%open]
====
`lang`::
(Required, string)
<<scripting-available-languages,Script language>>. For search templates, use
`mustache`.

`source`::
(Required, string or object)
Script or search template.

`params`::
(Optional, object)
Parameters for the script or search template.
====

[[create-stored-script-api-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following request stores a search template. Search templates must use a
`lang` of `mustache`.

[source,console]
----
PUT _scripts/my-search-template
{
  "script": {
    "lang": "mustache",
    "source": {
      "from": "{{from}}{{^from}}0{{/from}}",
      "size": "{{size}}{{^size}}10{{/size}}",
      "query": {
        "match": {
          "content": "{{query_string}}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
----