vrl 0.32.0

Vector Remap Language
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{
  "anchor": "object",
  "name": "object",
  "category": "Type",
  "description": "Returns `value` if it is an object, otherwise returns an error. This enables the type checker to guarantee that the returned value is an object and can be used in any function that expects an object.",
  "arguments": [
    {
      "name": "value",
      "description": "The value to check if it is an object.",
      "required": true,
      "type": [
        "any"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "return": {
    "types": [
      "object"
    ],
    "rules": [
      "Returns the `value` if it's an object.",
      "Raises an error if not an object."
    ]
  },
  "internal_failure_reasons": [
    "`value` is not an object."
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "title": "Declare an object type",
      "source": ". = { \"value\": { \"field1\": \"value1\", \"field2\": \"value2\" } }\nobject(.value)\n",
      "return": {
        "field1": "value1",
        "field2": "value2"
      }
    },
    {
      "title": "Invalid type",
      "source": "object!(true)",
      "raises": "function call error for \"object\" at (0:13): expected object, got boolean"
    }
  ],
  "pure": true
}