# Attachment processor in elasticsearch failing to process base64 content

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachment-processor-in-elasticsearch-failing-to-process-base64-content/145191>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 20, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachment-processor-in-elasticsearch-failing-to-process-base64-content/145191 "2018-08-20T14:33:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikesh/32/86579_2.png) [@Nikesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikesh)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachment-processor-in-elasticsearch-failing-to-process-base64-content/145191/1 "2018-08-20T14:33:16Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/master/using-ingest-attachment.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/master/using-ingest-attachment.html)  
The abovelink tells us a method to process base64 format content and use plugins to extract string content.

 ![Screenshot%20(2)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/0/b00f7a796ce94d066be1733a492bdbf15fd78ba0.png) I am using postman for this process. I have installed ingest attachment to elasticsearch. My query stops at loading the query. What can be the issue here?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/attachment-processor-in-elasticsearch-failing-to-process-base64-content/145191/2 "2018-09-17T14:33:18Z")

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