# Logstash shows parsing error for json files
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-shows-parsing-error-for-json-files/270890
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [April 21, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-shows-parsing-error-for-json-files/270890 "2021-04-21T17:54:08Z")
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### Author:  [@pratyush\_elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratyush_elastic)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-shows-parsing-error-for-json-files/270890/1 "2021-04-21T17:54:08Z")
Hi,
I am getting json parsing error with logstash intermittently while it tries to read and load to Elastic. Below are the details. Any lead would really be helpful. I tried isolating the file and it works fine
Error:
:ParserError: Unexpected character ('-' (code 45)): Expected space separating root-level values
at [Source: (String)"21-04-21T17:09:26.543493", "cluster\_name": "GF-US-Dev-Mfg-MA-EMR-V7.0", "account": "963633305700", "env": "Dev", "cluster\_id": "j-2O3L2OZ72RSSB", "cluster\_status": "RUNNING", "cluster\_starttime": "20201210234344", "cluster\_endtime": "", "fab": "GLOBAL", "capability": "shared-analytics", "functionality": "INLINE", "job\_id": "s-3A7H8B0R035F", "job\_name": "Inline Data Load FAB1 Backlog", "job\_status": "CANCELLED", "job\_creationtime": "20210421140142", "job\_starttime": "", "job\_endtime": "", "job\_ru"[truncated 166 chars]; line: 1, column: 4]\>, :data=\>"21-04-21T17:09:26.543493", "cluster\_name": "GF-US-Dev-Mfg-MA-EMR-V7.0", "account": "963633305700", "env": "Dev", "cluster\_id": "j-2O3L2OZ72RSSB", "cluster\_status": "RUNNING", "cluster\_starttime": "20201210234344", "cluster\_endtime": "", "fab": "GLOBAL", "capability": "shared-analytics", "functionality": "INLINE", "job\_id": "s-3A7H8B0R035F", "job\_name": "Inline Data Load FAB1 Backlog", "job\_status": "CANCELLED", "job\_creationtime": "20210421140142", "job\_starttime": "", "job\_endtime": "", "job\_run\_duration": 0, "executor-memory": "8G", "driver-memory": "8G", "num-executors": "12", "total\_memory": 123.19999999999999, "ram\_minutes": 0.0, "memory\_source": "job"}"}
logstash.conf:
input {
file {
type =\> "emr"
codec =\> "json"
path =\> "/data/clo/emcs\*.json"
start\_position =\> "beginning"
sincedb\_path=\>"/data/psri/sincedb\_psrivas2.txt"
}
}
filter{}
output {
elasticsearch { hosts =\> [""]
ssl =\> true
user =\> "myUser"
password =\> "Password"
index =\> "ptest-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
ilm\_enabled =\> false
}
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-shows-parsing-error-for-json-files/270890/2 "2021-05-19T17:54:27Z")
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