Apache Nifi Expression Language Cheat Sheet 

Reserved Characters  Logic Operators  Text Search 

If these characters are present in attribute  isNull() ${filename:isNull()} filename:equals('fizz buzz bazz.txt') 
names they need to be quoted   
   notNull() ${filename:notNull()} startsWith  ${filename 
$ | { } ( ) [ ] , : ; / * '   (string) :startsWith('fizz')}
isEmpty() ${literal('') 
(space) \t \r \n  
  :isEmpty()} endsWith  ${filename 
Ex.​ ${'a:attribute name'}   (string) :endsWith('txt')}
equals(string) ${filename 
${"a:attribute name"}  Contains  ${filename 
:equals('value')}
  (string) :contains('buzz')}
equalsIgnoreCase ${filename 
Type Conversion  (string) :equalsIgnoreCase('v')}
in(string,   
string...)
${literal('NO') 
:in('NO','NOT')}
gt(number) ${fileSize:gt(64)} indexOf(string) ${filename 
Coerces from one format to another  :indexOf('buzz')} == 5
ge(number) ${fileSize:ge(64)}
toString() ${literal(2):toString()  lastIndexOf  ${filename 
:equals('2')}  lt(number) ${fileSize:lt(64)} (string) :lastIndexOf('z')} == 13
le(number) ${fileSize:le(64)} find(regex) ${filename:find('.*zz')}
toNumber() ${literal('2'):toNumber() 
:equals(2) }  and(bool) ${fileSize:gt(1)  matches(regex) ${filename 
:matches('fizz.*txt')}
toDecimal() ${filesize:toDecimal()} :and({fileSize:lt(4)})}
jsonPath(path) ${theJson 
  or(bool) ${fileSize:lt(1)  :jsonPath('$.attribute')}
:or(${fileSize:gt(4)})}
Mathematical   
not() ${filename  Utilities 
:endsWith('sv'):not()}}
plus()  ${fileSize:plus(10)} 
ifElse  ${filename  These subjectless functions provide useful 
minus()  ${fileSize:minus(10)}  utilities. 
('true val',    :endsWith('csv') 
multiply()  ${fileSize:multiply(10)}  'falseval') :ifElse('is csv',    
ip() local ip
divide()  ${fileSize:divide(10)}  'is not csv')}
  hostname(bool) ${hostname(true)} 
mod()  ${fileSize:mod(10)}  fully qualified hostname
toRadix()  ${fileSize:toRadix(10)}  Date/Time  unique generated UUID
UUID()
 
format is the java ​
SimpleDateFormat  nextInt() system wide counter, not 
Encode/Decode Functions    maintained through restart
format(format,  ${aDate  literal(value) ${literal(2):gt(1)}
zone)  :format('yy/MM/dd','GMT')} 
${message:function()}  getStateValue  ${getStateValue('hash')}
Functions: escapeJson, escapeXml, escapeCsv,  toDate  ${literal('99/12/31') 
(key)
escapeHtml3, escapeHtml4, unescapeJson,  (format,zone)  :toDate('yy/MM/dd','GMT')} 
unescapeXml, unescapeCsv, unescapeHtml3,  now()  ${now():toNumber()}  thread() Thread name
unescapeHtml4, urlEncode, urlDecode,  milliseconds since epoch   
base64Encode, base64Decode   

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String Manipulation  Multiple Attributes

Examples use filename equal to 'fizz buzz bazz.txt'  anyAttribute(  ${anyAttribute('bizz','bazz') 
toUpper() ${filename:toUpper()} 'attr1','attr2'...) :contains('value')}

toLower() ${filename:toLower()} allAttributes  ${allAttributes('bizz','bazz') 

('attr1',    :contains('value')}
trim ${literal('abc '):trim()} ​
'abc'
'attr2'...)
substring(start,end) ${filename:substring(0, 3)} '
​abc' anyMatchingAttribute(regex) ${anyMatchingAttributes('b.*zz') 
substringBefore(string) ${filename:substringBefore('zz')} '
​fi' :contains('value')}
substringBeforeLast  ${filename:substringBeforeLast('zz')}  allMatchingAttributes(regex ${allMatchingAttributes('b.*zz') 
(string) 'fizz buzz ba' ) :contains('value') }
substringAfter(string) ${filename:substringAfter('zz')}  anyDelineatedValue(value,   ${anyDelineatedValue( 
' buzz bazz.txt' delimiter) ${literal('a-b-c')},'-' 
substringAfterLast  ${filename:substringAfterLast('zz')}  ):contains('a')}
(string) '.txt' allDelineatedValues(value,   ${allDelineatedValues( 
getDelimitedField(  ${filename:getDelimitedField(2, ' ')}  delimiter) ${literal('a-b-c')}, '-' 
index, delimiter,    buzz ):contains('a)} f​alse
quote char, escape    join(string) ${allAttributes('attr1','attr2') 
char, strip char) :join(', ')}
append(string) ${filename:append('.bck')}  count() ${allMatchingAttributes('b.*zz') 
'fizz buzz bazz.txt.bck' :count()} ​number of matching
prepend(string) ${filename:prepend('a ')}   
'a fizz buzz bazz.txt'

replace(search,replace) ${ filename:replace(' ','_')} 

fizz_buzz_bazz.txt

replaceFirst(search,   ${filename:(' ', '_')} 

replace fizz_buzz bazz.txt

replaceAll(regex,  ${filename:replaceAll 
replace) ('(\w{4})\s', '!$1')} 
!fizz!buzzbazz.txt

replaceNull(replace) ${idonotexist:('abc') 
:replaceNull('abc')} 
'abc'

replaceEmpty(replace) ${literal(''):replaceEmpty('abc')} 
'abc'
length ${filename:length()} ​
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