# Logstash not parsing metadata from logfile

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-parsing-metadata-from-logfile/260496>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-parsing-metadata-from-logfile/260496 "2021-01-08T04:37:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-parsing-metadata-from-logfile/260496/2 "2021-01-08T15:13:44Z")

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I would parse each line with a separate pattern

```
grok {
    break_on_match => false
    match => {
        "message => [
            "method: (?<method>[^\n]*)",
            "userId: (?<userId>[^\n]*)",
            "jobId: (?<jobId>[^\n]*)",
            ...
        ]
    }
}
```

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