# Capturing http.response/sequest.body.content of elasticsearch traffic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capturing-http-response-sequest-body-content-of-elasticsearch-traffic/177005>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capturing-http-response-sequest-body-content-of-elasticsearch-traffic/177005 "2019-04-16T06:20:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arcefi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@Arcefi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arcefi)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capturing-http-response-sequest-body-content-of-elasticsearch-traffic/177005/1 "2019-04-16T06:20:35Z")

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What do I have to Configure to enable packetbeat to capture the full body of an elasticsearch request or response?

I know I have to set

> include\_body\_for:

but I don´t know what kind of config I need.  
Can anybody help me?

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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:** [May 14, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capturing-http-response-sequest-body-content-of-elasticsearch-traffic/177005/2 "2019-05-14T06:20:36Z")

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