# Logstash Subqueries
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-subqueries/33327
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [October 30, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-subqueries/33327 "2015-10-30T01:09:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@DefensiveDepth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DefensiveDepth)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-subqueries/33327/1 "2015-10-30T01:09:37Z")
I am working on a project that will be doing the following on a recurring basis:
1. Query an API for certain $IDs & associated metadata
2. For each $ID, hit 5 other APIs and Output each resultant dataset into ES
Trying to think through the best way to handle this, and looking for feedback--Is it possible to do all of this in Logstash or do I need to look at also using something like Python in with Logstash? (It doesn't appear that I can make a http call in a Filter plugin?....)
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-subqueries/33327/2 "2015-10-30T03:39:57Z")
Although it might be possible to do this using custom plugins in Logstash, it is not really what Logstash was designed to do, so I suspect it would be easier to implement in a scripting language outside Logstash.
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### Author:  [@DefensiveDepth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DefensiveDepth)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2015, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-subqueries/33327/3 "2015-10-30T10:14:44Z")
@Christian_Dahlqvist This is what I figured, thanks for confirming....
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-subqueries/33327/4 "2017-07-06T05:24:54Z")