# Logstash xml plugin not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-plugin-not-working/217772>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 4, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-plugin-not-working/217772 "2020-02-04T10:55:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-plugin-not-working/217772/3 "2020-02-04T16:55:46Z")

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If the XML is spread across multiple lines you would need to use a multiline codec to combine all the lines in one XML document into a single event. See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-xml-log-file-with-logstash/167306/2) for an example.

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