# I am facing some issues while trying to parse XML from some host by using port without XML,

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-facing-some-issues-while-trying-to-parse-xml-from-some-host-by-using-port-without-xml/239733>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-facing-some-issues-while-trying-to-parse-xml-from-some-host-by-using-port-without-xml/239733 "2020-07-03T06:06:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Radha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radha/32/48088_2.png) [@Radha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radha)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-facing-some-issues-while-trying-to-parse-xml-from-some-host-by-using-port-without-xml/239733/1 "2020-07-03T06:06:54Z")

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filbeat yml file created:

- type: log  
paths:

sample.xml :

\<?xml version="1.0"?\> Tove Jani Reminder Don't forget me this weekend!

logstash conf file

input{  
beats {  
port =\> "5071"  
}  
}

filter {  
if [source] =~/sample/  
{  
mutate {  
add\_field =\> {  
"name" =\> "xml\_files"  
}  
}  
xml {  
source =\> "message"  
target =\> "[theXML]"  
store\_xml =\> true  
remove\_namespaces =\> true  
force\_array =\> false  
remove\_field =\> ["message"]  
}  
ruby {  
path =\> "rubypath/split\_fields.rb"  
script\_params =\> { field =\> "[theXML][disk]" target =\> "theXML"}

```
    }

            }

```

}

output {  
stdout{  
codec =\> rubydebug  
}  
}

ruby code:  
def register(params)  
@field = params['field']  
@target = params['target']  
end

def filter(event)  
data = event.get(@field)  
event.remove(@field)  
a =   
data.each { |x|  
e = event.clone  
e.set(@target, x)  
a \<\< e  
}  
a  
end

Not able to push them to Elasticsearch & kibana even though we have set correct ports:

[WARN] 2020-07-03 02:04:22.398 [[main]\>worker0] xml - Error parsing xml with XmlSimple {:source=\>"message", :value=\>"\<?xml version=\"1.0\"?\>\n\nTove\nJani\nReminder\nDon't forget me this weekend!", :exception=\>#\<REXML::ParseException: No close tag for /note  
Line: 6  
Position: 131  
Last 80 unconsumed characters:

> , :backtrace=\>["uri:classloader:/META-INF/jruby.home/lib/ruby/stdlib/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:28:in `parse'", "uri:classloader:/META-INF/jruby.home/lib/ruby/stdlib/rexml/document.rb:288:in `build'", "uri:classloader:/META-INF/jruby.home/lib/ruby/stdlib/rexml/document.rb:45:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/xml-simple-1.1.5/lib/xmlsimple.rb:971:in `parse'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/xml-simple-1.1.5/lib/xmlsimple.rb:164:in `xml_in'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/xml-simple-1.1.5/lib/xmlsimple.rb:203:in `xml\_in'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-xml-4.0.7/lib/logstash/filters/xml.rb:185:in `filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:143:in `do\_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:162:in `block in multi_filter'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1814:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:159:in `multi_filter'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/AbstractFilterDelegatorExt.java:115:in `multi\_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java\_pipeline.rb:262:in `block in start\_workers'"]}  
> [ERROR] 2020-07-03 02:04:22.447 [[main]\>worker0] ruby - Could not process event: undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass {:script_path=\>"/etc/logstash/conf.d/split_fields.rb", :class=\>"NoMethodError", :backtrace=\>["/etc/logstash/conf.d/split_fields.rb:10:in `filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-ruby-3.1.5/lib/logstash/filters/ruby/script/context.rb:55:in `execute_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-ruby-3.1.5/lib/logstash/filters/ruby/script.rb:30:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-ruby-3.1.5/lib/logstash/filters/ruby.rb:98:in `file_script'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-ruby-3.1.5/lib/logstash/filters/ruby.rb:84:in `filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:143:in `do_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:162:in `block in multi\_filter'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1814:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:159:in `multi\_filter'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/AbstractFilterDelegatorExt.java:115:in `multi_filter'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:262:in `block in start\_workers'"]}  
> {  
> "source" =\> "path\sample.xml",  
> "beat" =\> {  
> "name" =\> "XXXXXXXX",  
> "version" =\> "6.4.1",  
> "hostname" =\> "XXXXXXX"  
> },  
> "name" =\> "xml\_files",  
> "offset" =\> 0,  
> "prospector" =\> {  
> "type" =\> "log"  
> },  
> "@timestamp" =\> 2020-07-03T06:07:30.579Z,  
> "@version" =\> "1",  
> "message" =\> "\<?xml version=\"1.0\"?\>\n\nTove\nJani\nReminder\nDon't forget me this weekend!",  
> "input" =\> {  
> "type" =\> "log"  
> },  
> "tags" =\> [  
> [0] "beats\_input\_codec\_plain\_applied",  
> [1] "\_xmlparsefailure",  
> [2] "\_rubyexception"  
> ],  
> "fields" =\> {  
> "Branch" =\> "dev/juniper\0",  
> "Major\_Minor" =\> "5978\0\_0",  
> "Build\_Time" =\> "2020-06-21 09:23:37"  
> },  
> "host" =\> {  
> "name" =\> "XXXXXXXXX"  
> }  
> }

Is there any way to send whole XML as one event without XPATHS ?

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