# Passing Current time in Logstash input plugin 'exec' for executing API in curl

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-current-time-in-logstash-input-plugin-exec-for-executing-api-in-curl/243933
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-current-time-in-logstash-input-plugin-exec-for-executing-api-in-curl/243933 "2020-08-05T20:54:32Z")
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#### Post date: [August 11, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/passing-current-time-in-logstash-input-plugin-exec-for-executing-api-in-curl/243933/4 "2020-08-11T15:49:04Z")

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Does the request body need to be an array? It does not appear to be valid JSON to me.

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