# About Kafka output plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-kafka-output-plugin/140260>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-kafka-output-plugin/140260 "2018-07-17T07:12:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![seungtae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seungtae/32/71413_2.png) [@seungtae](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seungtae)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-kafka-output-plugin/140260/1 "2018-07-17T07:12:50Z")

</div>

Hello every one.

I'm using the Kafka output plugin to send data to Spark.

My code is like this :

```
output {
	stdout {
		codec => rubydebug
	}	

	kafka {
		codec => rubydebug
		topic_id => "toSpark"
		bootstrap_servers => "localhost:9092"
	}
}

```

> I wonder if it has a function that a user can choose and send a few fields not all fileds.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![seungtae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seungtae/32/71413_2.png) [@seungtae](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seungtae)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-kafka-output-plugin/140260/2 "2018-07-17T07:24:52Z")

</div>

Oh.. I realized

```
kafka {
		codec => plain {
			format => "%{standard_result}"
		}
		topic_id => "toSpark"
		bootstrap_servers => "localhost:9092"

	}

```

It works well

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-kafka-output-plugin/140260/3 "2018-08-14T07:24:58Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.