# Avro files as input

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-files-as-input/186929
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 21, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-files-as-input/186929 "2019-06-21T19:28:10Z")
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### Author: ![mj2019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mj2019](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mj2019)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-files-as-input/186929/1 "2019-06-21T19:28:10Z")

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Hi, I am a newbie to Logstash. Is there a way I can use avro files (not avro record directly from Kafka) as input to Logstash?

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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: [July 19, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-files-as-input/186929/2 "2019-07-19T19:34:28Z")

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