# Parsing word and pdf file in elasticsearch using logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [March 20, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212 "2017-03-20T08:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/1 "2017-03-20T08:15:00Z")
I m trying to read pdf file using logstash i use following config file input { file { path =\> "D:\ELKstack\elastic\page\_ELK.pdf" start\_position =\> "beginning" } } filter { if [type] == ".pdf"{ multiline { pattern =\> "^\n" what =\> "next" negate=\>false } } } output { elasticsearch{ hosts =\> ["localhost:9000"] index =\> "logstash-pdf" } stdout {codec =\> "rubydebug" } } output is- ԿD\xA6r\xBD\_\xFF,Gh\xFE}ؙ\xB8g+[\u0006ۿ\xF2\xC5gp^\xE8\xDA\xE7Ym\u0083\xA7\u0013\xF8`'X\xB5\x9E.\xBD\xC5\xFB\xFCR\x97\xBA\x8Fۘ\xB1\x80QH%wE1\u001F\xB5\x9B\x9B\xA2Et\x8B\u001Fd\u0005\x9AC\xA4\xDDKdq@\x96\xC4\xF1\u001AY\xA7L05\xBA\xF0Ӗץ\x99\xEAy\x8E\u0011\xA0\xDD\xDEٽAEӀ\x8A\u0011\"_\x9C\xC4\u001D\xC9avA%\xA3\xB4#\xD7\xE9؋\x838\x96`\xC8'\xB8bL\xED\xB2l;p\xF6\x86\f\t\xB9\u0001O\u0011NGf\xE8tYW\xD6\xF9\xD6t\xADRӐl\xE5e\xD5xL\xA9\xC6y\xE1\u05F9\u0015\xE6\_\xE1j/х,\u0001\x8D\u007F\xB2Fw\>\u000Fa\xC6\u0019|\xF6\xAE\xC9|\xE3\xCC\u0012Q\u00152\xAD~" it is not readable.what should i do? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/2 "2017-03-20T08:18:08Z")
Logstash cannot parse these sorts of files. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/ingest-attachment.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/ingest-attachment.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/3 "2017-03-20T09:35:57Z")
thanks @warkolm ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/4 "2017-03-20T09:36:39Z")
can i do it using kibana? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/5 "2017-03-20T20:59:49Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/6 "2017-03-21T04:22:01Z")
ok... thanks ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/7 "2017-03-21T10:08:09Z")
i m trying to load pdf in elasticsearch using ingest-attachment i tried this- PUT \_ingest/pipeline/attachment { "description" : "Extract attachment information", "processors" : [ { "attachment" : { "field" : "data" } } ] } PUT my\_index/my\_type/my\_id?pipeline=attachment { "data": "JVBERi0xLjUNCiW1tbW1DQoxIDAgb2JqDQo8PC9UeXBlL0NhdGFsb2cvUGFnZXMgMiAwIFIvTGFu=\n" } output- { "error": { "root\_cause": [ { "type": "exception", "reason": "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: ElasticsearchParseException[Error parsing document in field [data]]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[Input byte array has wrong 4-byte ending unit];", "header": { "processor\_type": "attachment" } } ] can you please tell me what is wrong in this? ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/8 "2017-03-21T10:19:10Z")
how can i use apache tika with elasticsearch??? ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/9 "2017-03-22T07:09:38Z")
Hii @warkolm I m trying to load pdf in elasticsearch using ingest-attachment plugin PUT my\_index/my\_type/my\_id?pipeline=attachment { "data": "JVBERi0xLjUNCiW1tbW1DQoxIDAgb2JqDQo8PC9UeXBlL0NhdGFsb2cvUGFnZXMgMiAwIFIvTGFu=" } output- { "error": { "root\_cause": [ { "type": "illegal\_state\_exception", "reason": "There are no ingest nodes in this cluster, unable to forward request to an ingest node." } ], "type": "illegal\_state\_exception", "reason": "There are no ingest nodes in this cluster, unable to forward request to an ingest node." }, "status": 500 } can you please tell me the correction? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/10 "2017-03-22T07:20:32Z")
> [@Nikparab](#): > > There are no ingest nodes in this cluster, unable to forward request to an ingest node You need to make sure you have a node that can run the ingest pipelines. ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/11 "2017-03-22T07:22:20Z")
@warkolm I checked in my elasticsearch.yml file. There is no ingest node. Can I add it manually? ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/12 "2017-03-23T07:39:57Z")
can u please tell me, where do i set ingest node in elasticsearch.yml??? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/13 "2017-03-23T08:29:14Z")
Have you read the documentation? We are happy to help, but unfortunately we don't have the time to walk you through every step. ---
**Author:** ![Nikparab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikparab/32/17493_2.png) [@Nikparab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikparab)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/14 "2017-03-23T09:12:09Z")
yes i read the documentation ,but i didn't get where to set that ingest.node in elasticsearch.yml. I installed the ingest attachment plugin. Thanks @warkolm I will try to resolve it.If any query there then i will get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-word-and-pdf-file-in-elasticsearch-using-logstash/79212/15 "2017-04-20T09:12:38Z")
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