# Logstash http\_poller POST Syntax
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-http-poller-post-syntax/51674
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-http-poller-post-syntax/51674 "2016-06-02T11:32:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@pramodxyle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pramodxyle)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-http-poller-post-syntax/51674/1 "2016-06-02T11:32:03Z")
Hi,
I am trying to POST data to a REST API and get the response back in logstash and output it to elastic.
What is the syntax to POST data ? Is this correct ?
```
http_poller {
urls => {
url1 => {
method => "POST"
url => ""
add_field => {
username => "username"
password => "password"
}
}
}
request_timeout => 30
interval => 120
codec => json
metadata_target => "http_poller_metadata"
}
```
I want to post, {"username":"username\_val","password":"password\_val"} as a JSON to an API.
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### Author:  [@PhaedrusTheGreek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PhaedrusTheGreek)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-http-poller-post-syntax/51674/2 "2016-11-18T19:39:45Z")
Logstash http\_poller input supports any [Manticore Client options](http://www.rubydoc.info/github/cheald/manticore/Manticore%2FClient%3Apost).
Example:
```auto
input {
# To improve performance, search only today and yesterday's index
# Percent Encoded: "<.monitoring-es-2-{now%2Fd}>,<.monitoring-es-2-{now-1d}>/_search"
# See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/date-math-index-names.html
http_poller {
urls => {
my_es_cluster => {
method => post
url => "http://localhost:9200/%3C.monitoring-es-2-%7Bnow%2Fd%7D%3E,%3C.monitoring-es-2-%7Bnow-1d%7D%3E/_search"
body => '{ "query": { "range": { "timestamp": { "gt": "now-1h" } } } }'
headers => {
Accept => "application/json"
}
auth => {
user => "elastic"
password => "changeme"
}
}
}
request_timeout => 60
interval => 60
}
}
output {
stdout { codec => rubydebug }
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-http-poller-post-syntax/51674/3 "2017-07-06T04:30:23Z")