# Enforce Double quotes using csv codec plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 7, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enforce-double-quotes-using-csv-codec-plugin/329585 "2023-04-07T15:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![uzair13151](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c5a1d2/32.png) [@uzair13151](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uzair13151)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enforce-double-quotes-using-csv-codec-plugin/329585/1 "2023-04-07T15:07:33Z")
Hi All, Is it possible to wrap the data in the rows to be encapsulated by double quotes using csv codec plugin. Currently I am getting: Column1|Column2|Column3 Data1|Data2|"" Expectation: "Column1"|"Column2"|"Column3" "Data1"|"Data2"|"" Thanks Uzair ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enforce-double-quotes-using-csv-codec-plugin/329585/2 "2023-04-07T16:30:09Z")
> [@uzair13151](#): > > Is it possible to wrap the data in the rows to be encapsulated by double quotes using csv codec plugin No, the [codec](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-codec-csv/blob/ce2456090671b9852d42bd6896f69b80e668e395/lib/logstash/codecs/csv.rb#L175) does not provide a way to set the [force\_quotes](https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-3.0.0/libdoc/csv/rdoc/CSV.html#class-CSV-label-Options+for+Generating) option when encoding a line. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enforce-double-quotes-using-csv-codec-plugin/329585/3 "2023-05-05T16:30:56Z")
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