# Kibana json Error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-json-error/231433>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-json-error/231433 "2020-05-07T02:20:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![me009](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/me009/32/67838_2.png) [@me009](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/me009)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-json-error/231433/1 "2020-05-07T02:20:32Z")

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Hi All,

after setting up the application and using Winlogbeat to ship windows logs to elastic search . Here is a screenshot of the error message..

 ![Kibana Error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/1/810645159abe77b37609b299704e33db544d45ef.jpeg)

When I run GET /winlogbeat-\*/\_search.. I get the details below..

 ![Kibana2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/3/136fcdd975ddd16130d5cb6dc50212b2c24c5639.jpeg)

I have looked at lots of posts but not able to figure out what the issue is.  
Pls help out as I am new to ELK..

Thank you..

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-json-error/231433/2 "2020-05-07T03:22:52Z")

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> [@me009](#):
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> eat to ship windows logs to Elasticsearch . Here is a screenshot of the error message..

This happens when you make a request to the server and parse the response as JSON, but it’s not JSON. That unexpected token, `<` , is a strong clue that the response was _HTML_ instead of JSON.Validate the JSON In a Validator such as the **NewtonSoft JSON Schema Validator** at [https://www.jsonschemavalidator.net/](https://www.jsonschemavalidator.net/). Let us know if it still doesn't work.

thanks  
Rashmi

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**Author:** ![me009](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/me009/32/67838_2.png) [@me009](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/me009)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-json-error/231433/3 "2020-05-07T08:02:22Z")

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Thank Rashmi, but this error occurs before I enter any query in Kibana. Immediately I select **Winlogbeats-** \*, I get that error message and see no logs.

Any config file I can correct to fix this?

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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:** [June 4, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-json-error/231433/4 "2020-06-04T08:02:29Z")

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