# JSON Parse Failure using logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-failure-using-logstash/230013>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 27, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-failure-using-logstash/230013 "2020-04-27T19:13:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-parse-failure-using-logstash/230013/2 "2020-04-27T21:14:57Z")

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You need to use a multiline codec instead of a json codec. See [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-array-of-json-objects-with-logstash-and-injesting-to-elastic/203197/2) for an example.

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