# GetToday's inside Logstash Conf

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849 "2016-05-12T04:59:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849/1 "2016-05-12T04:59:49Z")

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I am trying to invoke a service using HTTP\_Poller.

The service accepts 2 parameters.

1. Today's Date
2. Today's Date - 3 Months

Can anyone tell me how can I achieve 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:** [May 12, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849/2 "2016-05-12T05:27:57Z")

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I see no other solution than periodically generating a Logstash configuration containing the desired dates.

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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849/3 "2016-05-12T05:31:42Z")

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Is there any way to periodically create such file using any logstash plugin today ? Or is this something I need to achieve using some other code.

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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:** [May 12, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849/4 "2016-05-12T05:41:38Z")

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There are no Logstash plugins to generate Logstash configuration files. This is a job for a small script and a cronjob.

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**Author:** ![Sameer\_Panicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849/5 "2016-05-12T13:05:12Z")

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Thanks magnus

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gettodays-inside-logstash-conf/49849/6 "2017-07-06T04:57:52Z")

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