# Filebeat threatintel module error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-threatintel-module-error/278287>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-threatintel-module-error/278287 "2021-07-09T14:42:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheHunter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thehunter1/32/80190_2.png) [@TheHunter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheHunter1)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-threatintel-module-error/278287/1 "2021-07-09T14:42:19Z")

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Hello,

I am trying the new threat intel module, I am having an error in the `otx`

```auto
2021-07-09T16:33:12.322+0200	ERROR	[input.httpjson-cursor.retryablehttp]	go-retryablehttp@v0.6.6/client.go:553	request failed%!(EXTRA string=error, *url.Error=Get "": unsupported protocol scheme "", string=method, string=GET, string=url, *url.URL=)	{"input_source": "https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1/indicators/export", "input_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1/indicators/export"}
2021-07-09T16:33:12.322+0200	ERROR	[input.httpjson-cursor]	v2/request.go:186	error processing response: failed to execute http client.Do: Get "": Get "": unsupported protocol scheme ""	{"input_source": "https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1/indicators/export", "input_url": "https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1/indicators/export"}

```

I didn't change anything in the configuration, I just added my `api_token`, so my configuration looks like that:

```auto
  otx:
    enabled: true

    # Input used for ingesting threat intel data
    var.input: httpjson

    # The URL used for OTX Threat Intel API calls.
    var.url: https://otx.alienvault.com/api/v1/indicators/export

    # The authentication token used to contact the OTX API, can be found on the OTX UI.
    var.api_token: MY_API_TOKEN

    # Optional filters that can be applied to retrieve only specific indicators.
    #var.types: "domain,IPv4,hostname,url,FileHash-SHA256"

    # The timeout of the HTTP client connecting to the OTX API
    #var.http_client_timeout: 120s

    # How many hours to look back for each request, should be close to the configured interval. Deduplication of events is handled by the module.
    var.lookback_range: 1h

    # How far back to look once the beat starts up for the first time, the value has to be in hours.
    var.first_interval: 400h

    # The interval to poll the API for updates
    var.interval: 5m

```

Any hep please!  
Best regards

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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:** [August 6, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-threatintel-module-error/278287/2 "2021-08-06T16:42:28Z")

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