# Metricbeat to logstash parsing error: illegal\_state\_exception & Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-logstash-parsing-error-illegal-state-exception-cant-get-text-on-a-start-object/237035>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 14, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-logstash-parsing-error-illegal-state-exception-cant-get-text-on-a-start-object/237035 "2020-06-14T18:55:06Z")\
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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:** [June 14, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-logstash-parsing-error-illegal-state-exception-cant-get-text-on-a-start-object/237035/2 "2020-06-14T19:40:39Z")

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Read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-errors-mapper-parsing-exception-vs-illegal-argument-exception/236783/3) post and then [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-logstash-outputs-elasticsearch-could-not-index-event-to-elasticsearch-wazuh-alerts-3-x-2020-05-30/235038/6) post.

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