# Input Type of ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-type-of-elasticsearch/119730>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-type-of-elasticsearch/119730 "2018-02-14T05:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![NareshPrajapati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@NareshPrajapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NareshPrajapati)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-type-of-elasticsearch/119730/1 "2018-02-14T05:47:40Z")

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Hi All,  
I am new on ElasticSearch. I practised a example in which I have imported .csv file from Logstash in ElasticSearch.  
I want to ask you that how many types of input type I can use in ElasticSearch to import data file? Like, pdf, doc, excel, JSON, log, etc. files.  
Please help me.  
Thank You.

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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 14, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-type-of-elasticsearch/119730/2 "2018-02-14T06:32:49Z")

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Elasticsearch accepts JSON only, so you need something like Logstash to convert things into JSON.

There are tools out there that can deal with binary formats, like doc/pdf/xls.

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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 14, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-type-of-elasticsearch/119730/3 "2018-03-14T06:33:14Z")

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