# CSV plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-plugin/45557>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-plugin/45557 "2016-03-28T06:47:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![priyakumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@priyakumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/priyakumar)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-plugin/45557/1 "2016-03-28T06:47:13Z")

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Is there any way that input file path and unique field value can be read from user using any web UI like http or something like we shall write ruby filter to get input file path option from user's console.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-plugin/45557/2 "2016-03-28T19:39:32Z")

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There isn't currently, but we are working on having something like that for Kibana.

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**Author:** ![priyakumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@priyakumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/priyakumar)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-plugin/45557/3 "2016-03-29T04:21:04Z")

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Thank you..can we use a value assigned to a variable in ruby filter as a field in csv..?

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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 6, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-plugin/45557/4 "2017-07-06T05:05:03Z")

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