# Equivalent of http input plugin of logstash but for filebeat -\> possible?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/equivalent-of-http-input-plugin-of-logstash-but-for-filebeat-possible/231922>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/equivalent-of-http-input-plugin-of-logstash-but-for-filebeat-possible/231922 "2020-05-11T04:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbisson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@jbisson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbisson)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/equivalent-of-http-input-plugin-of-logstash-but-for-filebeat-possible/231922/1 "2020-05-11T04:51:25Z")

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I would like to have the exact same functionality of the http input plugin offered by logstash.

I would like to send data through a Rest API.

I've tried to use the tcp input of filebeat but didn't get too much success. The tcp connection always remains open?

thanks,

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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:** [May 11, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/equivalent-of-http-input-plugin-of-logstash-but-for-filebeat-possible/231922/2 "2020-05-11T05:15:35Z")

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What about Metricbeat - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-http.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-http.html)

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**Author:** ![jbisson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@jbisson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbisson)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/equivalent-of-http-input-plugin-of-logstash-but-for-filebeat-possible/231922/3 "2020-05-11T12:21:20Z")

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It's close but I want to do the other way around where I want my app push the data (through an HTTP request) to the beat endpoint instead of having the beat pulling the data from my app.

Basically, I want to be able to push data instead of having it pulled from, from an http API perspective -\> possible?

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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:** [June 8, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/equivalent-of-http-input-plugin-of-logstash-but-for-filebeat-possible/231922/4 "2020-06-08T12:21:22Z")

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