# Issue while Parsing XML data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 27, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988 "2019-08-27T18:20:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![satyam2593](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@satyam2593](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/satyam2593)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988/1 "2019-08-27T18:20:52Z")

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I have log data which is mixed with xml content in single line.. When i used xml filter to parse the data , i am not seeing any events added.

My input log:  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2019/08/27 12:47:51.895 |`<tns:FileTransferOperationRequest xmlns:tns="http://www.talend.org/service/"><filename>pmresult_1526726662_15_201908271215_201908271230_201908271247.csv.gz</filename><fromUrl>/talendprojects/fileServices/workingFolder</fromUrl><toUrl>/mnt/gis/Input/NEMs/AvailabilityHuawei</toUrl><deleteOriginal>False</deleteOriginal><protocol>SFTP</protocol><ftpDetails><sftp>True</sftp><serverAddress>81.17.75.83</serverAddress><port>22</port><username>eeprdsftp</username><password>test</password></ftpDetails><removePrefix>false</removePrefix></tns:FileTransferOperationRequest>`

In the above log need to grep the datetime, filename, fromurl & tourl details.

my config file:  
input  
{  
stdin{}  
}

filter  
{

```
    if "<removePrefix>false</removePrefix>" not in [message]
    {
        drop {}

    }
    xml
    {
            source => "message"
            store_xml => "true"
            remove_namespaces => "true"
            xpath => [ "/FileTransferOperationRequest/fromUrl/text()", "fromurl",
                       "/FileTransferOperationRequest/toUrl/text()", "tourl",
                       "/FileTransferOperationRequest/filename/text()", "filename"]
    }

```

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988/2 "2019-08-27T18:23:51Z")

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Please edit your post, select the log message and click on \</\> in the toolbar above the edit pane. Make sure that the appearence of the log message changes to be

```
like this
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**Author:** ![satyam2593](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@satyam2593](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/satyam2593)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988/3 "2019-08-27T18:29:30Z")

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Thank you.. Can you please help on this

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988/4 "2019-08-27T19:03:12Z")

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> [@satyam2593](#):
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> INFO | jvm 1 | 2019/08/27 12:47:51.895 |

If you are using store\_xml =\> true then the xml filter does not care about random text prefixing the XML. However, the xpath option most certainly does. Try

```
    mutate { gsub => ["message", "^[^<]+<", "<" ] }
    xml {
        source => "message"
        store_xml => false
        force_array => false
        remove_namespaces => true
        xpath => {
            "/FileTransferOperationRequest/fromUrl/text()" => "fromurl"
            "/FileTransferOperationRequest/toUrl/text()" => "tourl"
            "/FileTransferOperationRequest/filename/text()" => "filename"
        }
    }

```

which gets me

```
   "fromurl" => "/talendprojects/fileServices/workingFolder",
     "tourl" => "/mnt/gis/Input/NEMs/AvailabilityHuawei",
  "filename" => "pmresult_1526726662_15_201908271215_201908271230_201908271247.csv.gz",

```

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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:** [September 24, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-while-parsing-xml-data/196988/5 "2019-09-24T19:03:19Z")

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