RegularExpressionType

  • The RegularExpressionType is a localizable message type used to match text with regular expressions.

  • It contains a required map of named entities, where each entity includes a list of regular expressions.

  • Each Entity object within the map represents an entity with a required list of regular expressions for comparison using RE2 syntax.

  • Optionally, the Entity object can include a display field for canvas-enabled apps to show elements once an entity is extracted.

Type that matches text by regular expressions. This message is localizable.

YAML representation 
entities: 
  string: object (Entity)
Fields
entities

map (key: string, value: object (Entity))

Required. Named map of entities which each contain Regex strings.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

Entity

Represents an entity object that contains the regular expression that is used for comparison.

YAML representation 
display: 
  object (EntityDisplay)
regularExpressions: 
  - string
Fields
display

object (EntityDisplay)

Optional. Elements that will be displayed on the canvas once an entity is extracted from a query. Only relevant for canvas enabled apps.
regularExpressions[]

string

Required. Uses RE2 regex syntax (See https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax for more details)