# Import data from facebook

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-data-from-facebook/1554>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-data-from-facebook/1554 "2015-05-29T11:11:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@Dan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dan)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-data-from-facebook/1554/1 "2015-05-29T11:11:12Z")

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Hi All,

Is it possible to import data from facebook to logstash or ES???

If it possible please give me step by step procedure.

Thanks,  
Dan

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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 30, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-data-from-facebook/1554/2 "2015-05-30T15:42:38Z")

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Logstash does not ship with a plugin for reading Facebook events nor I have heard one from a third party. However, if you can find software for doing this and storing it elsewhere (e.g. in a file or a database) it should be easy to hook up Logstash to that data source.

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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, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-data-from-facebook/1554/3 "2017-07-06T05:39:00Z")

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