# Does Logstash parse Word Documents?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 6, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488 "2017-03-06T11:12:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![rlv\_praveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rlv\_praveen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rlv_praveen)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/1 "2017-03-06T11:12:43Z")

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Hi All,

I have a requirement in which i need to parse the WORD documents. Does logstash supports the parsing of word files. Is there any plugin available for that. Please help me whether i can do this or not?

Thanks and Advance.

Regards,  
Praveen.

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**Author:** ![rlv\_praveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rlv\_praveen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rlv_praveen)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/2 "2017-03-06T11:17:28Z")

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@magnusbaeck Could please help me in this?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/3 "2017-03-06T11:18:09Z")

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I don't think such a plugin exists.

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**Author:** ![rlv\_praveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rlv\_praveen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rlv_praveen)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/4 "2017-03-06T11:26:36Z")

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Thanks for your response.

Can we achieve the same using GROK patterns. Is that possible? @magnusbaeck

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/5 "2017-03-06T12:03:33Z")

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No, you can't use grok to parse a Word document.

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**Author:** ![rlv\_praveen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rlv\_praveen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rlv_praveen)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/6 "2017-03-06T13:52:19Z")

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Sure Thanks 🙂@magnusbaeck

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/7 "2017-03-06T14:15:06Z")

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You may want to look at the [Elasticsearch ingest attachment processor](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/5.2/ingest-attachment.html).

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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:** [April 3, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-parse-word-documents/77488/8 "2017-04-03T14:15:13Z")

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