# Logstash Elastic Input Plugin Does Not Write @metadata

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elastic-input-plugin-does-not-write-metadata/93613
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 18, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elastic-input-plugin-does-not-write-metadata/93613 "2017-07-18T15:15:32Z")
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### Author: ![Yoram\_Kornatzky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yoram_kornatzky/32/14568_2.png) [@Yoram\_Kornatzky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yoram_Kornatzky)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elastic-input-plugin-does-not-write-metadata/93613/1 "2017-07-18T15:15:32Z")

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Logstash 5.5  
Elastic Search input plugin  
docinfo is true  
But no @metadata field in output. What could be the problem  
Here is the Logstash conf file:  
input {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> "localhost:9200"  
index =\> "first"  
query =\> { "query": { "match\_all": {}}}  
docinfo =\> true  
docinfo\_fields =\> ["\_index", "\_type", "\_id"]  
docinfo\_target=\> "@metadata"  
}  
}

output {  
stdout {  
codec =\> json  
}  
}

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elastic-input-plugin-does-not-write-metadata/93613/2 "2017-07-18T17:28:16Z")

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The only case when the `@metadata` contents is included is if you use the rubydebug codec and set it's `metadata` option to true, e.g. like this:

```
stdout { codec => rubydebug { metadata => true } }

```

The whole point of `@metadata` is that its content is _not_ included in the event payload sent to outputs.

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### Author: ![Yoram\_Kornatzky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yoram_kornatzky/32/14568_2.png) [@Yoram\_Kornatzky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yoram_Kornatzky)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elastic-input-plugin-does-not-write-metadata/93613/3 "2017-07-20T07:50:48Z")

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Thanks. Working

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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: [August 17, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-elastic-input-plugin-does-not-write-metadata/93613/4 "2017-08-17T07:50:55Z")

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