# Parse array of json objects in json
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518 "2017-11-06T11:51:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mPanasiewicz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mPanasiewicz)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518/1 "2017-11-06T11:51:29Z")
Hello,
I've got sth like:
```auto
[
{"aaa": "bbb"},
{"ccc": "ddd"},
{"eee": "fff"}
]
```
I've tried split input plugin but I think it would not work becouse I need parent key of the array. In this case there is no key because array is top instance without key. I read this:
> [@Parsing a JSON array of objects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-a-json-array-of-objects/55441):
>
> I have a log file that's an array of objects that looks something like this: [{ "cate1": "data1a", "cate2": "data2a" }, { "cate1": "data1b", "cate2": "data2b" }] and I need each object in the array to be a separate entry in Elasticsearch and each "cate" to be a field. How would I go about configuring Logstash to do this?
but there is no answer of my problem.
Thank you for your help.
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### Author:  [@paz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paz)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518/2 "2017-11-06T14:23:03Z")
What exactly is your goal? Do you need each element as a separate event or as a top-level field in the same event?
Also, what is the actual input?
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### Author:  [@mPanasiewicz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mPanasiewicz)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518/3 "2017-11-06T14:39:15Z")
My input is sth like this:
```auto
[
{"aaa": "bbb"},
{"ccc": "ddd"},
{"eee": "fff"}
]
```
I would like each object separate as a document.
Document:
`{"aaa": "bbb"}`
Document:
`{"ccc": "ddd"}`
Document:
`{"eee": "fff"}`
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### Author:  [@paz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paz)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518/4 "2017-11-06T14:49:08Z")
Then defining a
```auto
codec => "json"
```
in your input should be sufficient enough for this (unless it's multiline, in which case it becomes a bit trickier).
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### Author:  [@mPanasiewicz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mPanasiewicz)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518/5 "2017-11-06T15:34:15Z")
@Paris Mermigkas It's working!!! Thank you very much. I thought that I need to do this by filter but codec works great! Thank you!!!
Topic can be closed
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-array-of-json-objects-in-json/106518/6 "2017-12-04T15:34:29Z")
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