I need to parse this log message format

That does not look like the source is in JSON. Logstash does not convert log formats into JSON by using type => json it is just told to expect JOSN on the input so it knows how to tokenise/parse it correctly. Are you feeding Logstash JSON or the original format you posted (which is)?

< [2019-03-04T12:29:49,990][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600} />