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Drop processoredit

Drops the document without raising any errors. This is useful to prevent the document from getting indexed based on some condition.

Table 16. Drop Options

Name	Required	Default	Description
`description`	no	-	Description of the processor. Useful for describing the purpose of the processor or its configuration.
`if`	no	-	Conditionally execute the processor. See Conditionally run a processor.
`ignore_failure`	no	`false`	Ignore failures for the processor. See Handling pipeline failures.
`on_failure`	no	-	Handle failures for the processor. See Handling pipeline failures.
`tag`	no	-	Identifier for the processor. Useful for debugging and metrics.

{
  "drop": {
    "if" : "ctx.network_name == 'Guest'"
  }
}