# Http fields: inbound or outbound

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-fields-inbound-or-outbound/287723>\
**Category:** Logs\
**Tags:** ecs-elastic-common-schema\
**Created:** [October 26, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-fields-inbound-or-outbound/287723 "2021-10-26T18:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bert\_Vanpeteghem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bert_vanpeteghem/32/96191_2.png) [@Bert\_Vanpeteghem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bert_Vanpeteghem)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-fields-inbound-or-outbound/287723/1 "2021-10-26T18:11:03Z")

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Hi, in elastic ECS there's the http section. Is this section reserved for incoming or outgoing http activity?

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**Author:** ![ebeahan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ebeahan/32/78989_2.png) [@ebeahan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebeahan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-fields-inbound-or-outbound/287723/2 "2021-10-26T20:11:06Z")

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Hi, @Bert_Vanpeteghem!

By incoming and outgoing activity, do you mean HTTP requests and responses?

The [`http.*` fieldset](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/ecs/current/ecs-http.html) contains both `http.request.*` fields (for example, `http.request.method`) for capturing HTTP request details and `http.response.*` fields (like, `http.response.status_code`) for capturing response details.

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**Author:** ![Bert\_Vanpeteghem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bert_vanpeteghem/32/96191_2.png) [@Bert\_Vanpeteghem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bert_Vanpeteghem)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-fields-inbound-or-outbound/287723/3 "2021-11-09T12:28:18Z")

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Hi Eric, I meant: should they be used to instrument http client activity, so outbound requests?

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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:** [December 7, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-fields-inbound-or-outbound/287723/4 "2021-12-07T12:28:39Z")

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