# Logstash Avro Codec non-base64 support
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-avro-codec-non-base64-support/270225
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 15, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-avro-codec-non-base64-support/270225 "2021-04-15T11:36:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@th0ger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/th0ger)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-avro-codec-non-base64-support/270225/1 "2021-04-15T11:36:30Z")
We would like to input non-base64 encoded avro data with the avro codec.
Similar to output syntax [Optional base64 encoding by johanvanderkuijl · Pull Request #29 · logstash-plugins/logstash-codec-avro · GitHub](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-codec-avro/pull/29)
```auto
codec =>
avro {
schema_uri => "/path/to/schema.avsc"
base64_encoding => false
}
```
Is this also supported for input?
I wonder why [Avro codec plugin | Logstash Reference [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-codecs-avro.html) does not mention `base64_encoding` for output?
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-avro-codec-non-base64-support/270225/2 "2021-05-13T11:36:58Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.