# Fscrawler missing the field file.extension when indexing through Rest API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-missing-the-field-file-extension-when-indexing-through-rest-api/105334>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 26, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-missing-the-field-file-extension-when-indexing-through-rest-api/105334 "2017-10-26T05:22:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suresh\_Nataraj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suresh_nataraj/32/22090_2.png) [@Suresh\_Nataraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suresh_Nataraj)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-missing-the-field-file-extension-when-indexing-through-rest-api/105334/1 "2017-10-26T05:22:53Z")

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Hi All,

I am using scrawler to index some PDF documents into ES . I noticed when I use Rest API , it misses the field file.extension . But it indexes when I Index from filesystem . Any idea why it is missing it ?

Thanks,  
Suresh

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-missing-the-field-file-extension-when-indexing-through-rest-api/105334/2 "2017-10-26T05:35:50Z")

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Could you open an issue? I’ll look at it.

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**Author:** ![Suresh\_Nataraj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suresh_nataraj/32/22090_2.png) [@Suresh\_Nataraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suresh_Nataraj)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-missing-the-field-file-extension-when-indexing-through-rest-api/105334/3 "2017-10-26T06:05:58Z")

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Sure

Created the below issue :  
Fscrawler missing the field file.extension when indexing through Rest API #448

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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:** [November 23, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-missing-the-field-file-extension-when-indexing-through-rest-api/105334/4 "2017-11-23T06:06:16Z")

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