Painless is a powerful language that whitelists many java stdlib functions. Unfortunately, it lacks a number of battery-included functions for common tasks.

This meta tracks issues for adding convenience functions. To close a sub-issue the function(s) should exist, along with "javadoc" level documentation and examples of use.

• Parse URLs: Painless convenience functions for parsing URLs #60660
• Parse HTTP requests: Painless convenience functions for parsing HTTP requests #60661
• Parse Domain names: Painless convenience functions for parsing domain names #60662
• Parse Unix paths: Painless convenience functions for working with unix paths #60663
• Match IP addresses: Painless convenience function for matching IP addresses #60668
• Get field in a white-space separated log line as a concrete type: Painless convenience functions for parsing log lines #60669 (possibly unnecessary with grok fields).

Other extensions:

• JSON parsing helpers
• Date math helpers
• Grok matching: Fast grok access in painless #60766