# Logstash is not showing base64 encoded data for pdf's extracted from urls

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-showing-base64-encoded-data-for-pdfs-extracted-from-urls/330386>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 20, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-showing-base64-encoded-data-for-pdfs-extracted-from-urls/330386 "2023-04-20T10:42:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-showing-base64-encoded-data-for-pdfs-extracted-from-urls/330386/5 "2023-04-28T05:05:27Z")

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> [@Disha\_Bodade](#):
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> Is there any way, I can create base64 formatted string in logstash?

I would lean towards a ruby filter. [This](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/base64-decode-issue/319874/2) is about decoding base64, but should give some clues about encoding.

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