# Convert String to IP
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip/51527
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 1, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip/51527 "2016-06-01T08:37:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip/51527/1 "2016-06-01T08:37:39Z")
I have started up packetbeat to send data to logstash and here is part of the logs
```
"answers" => [
[0] {
"class" => "IN",
"data" => "clients.l.google.com",
"name" => "clients1.google.com",
"ttl" => 47,
"type" => "CNAME"
},
[1] {
"class" => "IN",
"data" => "216.58.199.14",
"name" => "clients.l.google.com",
"ttl" => 186,
"type" => "A"
}
],
```
and the data shown as ip is displayed as string and I want to convert it into an IP so I can map it with tiles map in kibana.
Is there anyway to do that?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip/51527/2 "2016-06-02T00:54:06Z")
Please don't post multiple threads on the same question - [Turn Packetbeat IP data from String to IP field type](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/turn-packetbeat-ip-data-from-string-to-ip-field-type/51546/5)
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-string-to-ip/51527/3 "2016-06-02T00:54:09Z")