# Logstash config JSON parse error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-json-parse-error/201828>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-json-parse-error/201828 "2019-10-01T14:47:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-config-json-parse-error/201828/4 "2019-10-01T18:07:22Z")

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I think you would have to do something in a ruby filter, a bit like [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/flatten-the-json-array-into-field-in-filter-of-logstash/135750/2).

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