# Logstash KV filter escape ":"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kv-filter-escape/304624>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kv-filter-escape/304624 "2022-05-12T22:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-kv-filter-escape/304624/2 "2022-05-12T22:54:26Z")

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As I said in the [other thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-parse-issue/304596/4), use a json filter, not a kv filter.

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