# How can i write to logstash without filebeat/agent?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-write-to-logstash-without-filebeat-agent/200088>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-write-to-logstash-without-filebeat-agent/200088 "2019-09-18T21:26:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajkumar.m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@rajkumar.m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajkumar.m)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-write-to-logstash-without-filebeat-agent/200088/1 "2019-09-18T21:26:22Z")

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Hi, Please let me know how can i write the messages to logstash without agent/filebeat.  
I would like to know if there are methods available to write into logstash without agent.  
Please help, Thanks

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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-write-to-logstash-without-filebeat-agent/200088/2 "2019-09-19T03:43:18Z")

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Here is doc on sending via http [https://www.elastic.co/blog/introducing-logstash-input-http-plugin](https://www.elastic.co/blog/introducing-logstash-input-http-plugin)

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**Author:** ![gitreseteasy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gitreseteasy/32/54026_2.png) [@gitreseteasy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gitreseteasy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-write-to-logstash-without-filebeat-agent/200088/3 "2019-09-19T04:26:46Z")

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Hi @rajkumar.m,

If you are referring to the sort of inputs that Logstash can take, there is some documentation for that here:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/input-plugins.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/input-plugins.html)

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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:** [October 17, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-write-to-logstash-without-filebeat-agent/200088/4 "2019-10-17T04:26:50Z")

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