# Ingest pipeline: how to ignore log line based on condition

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-how-to-ignore-log-line-based-on-condition/74812>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 12, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-how-to-ignore-log-line-based-on-condition/74812 "2017-02-12T15:18:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![John16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@John16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/John16)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-how-to-ignore-log-line-based-on-condition/74812/1 "2017-02-12T15:19:00Z")

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Hello,

I am delivering logs from filebeat into ES via Ingest pipeline.

I want to drop log lines based on some condition (e.g. if (httpcode != 200) then ignore). Something like `drop` filter in LS.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-how-to-ignore-log-line-based-on-condition/74812/2 "2017-02-13T08:38:55Z")

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There's no drop functionality at this stage, you can do it in filebeat though - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#exclude-lines](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#exclude-lines)

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**Author:** ![John16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@John16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/John16)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-how-to-ignore-log-line-based-on-condition/74812/3 "2017-02-13T13:51:51Z")

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> [@warkolm](#):
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> you can do it in filebeat though

Yes, but filebeat has no ability to parse line against regexp (to extract filter field).

Look at [Exported fields in filebeat processors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exported-fields-in-filebeat-processors/74815)  
which suggests to use ingest instead of filebeat 🙂

I think it would be nice (and easy) to implement an ability to ignore a line in ingest depending on some condition (after parsing a line against regexp).

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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:** [March 13, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-how-to-ignore-log-line-based-on-condition/74812/4 "2017-03-13T13:51:51Z")

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