# Problem in parsing json string
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-parsing-json-string/238901
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-parsing-json-string/238901 "2020-06-26T18:18:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@azteker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azteker)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-parsing-json-string/238901/1 "2020-06-26T18:18:29Z")
This is how I parse json in filter
json {
source =\> "json\_content"
target =\> "content"
remove\_field=\>["json\_content"]
}
But I got the following error
> "type"=\>"mapper\_parsing\_exception", "reason"=\>"failed to parse field [content] of type [text] in document with id '6vnV8XIBuDHdfTNTFMF-'", "caused\_by"=\>{"type"=\>"illegal\_state\_exception", "reason"=\>"Can't get text on a START\_OBJECT at 1:81"}
What should I do? Please help
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### Author:  [@Jenni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jenni)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-parsing-json-string/238901/2 "2020-06-26T18:45:44Z")
That is not an error that occurred while parsing the JSON string. The problem is that you have mapped your field in Elasticsearch as `text` (probably not intentionally, but by indexing a document that had a string there and letting the automatic mapping detect the type), but are now trying to save the parsed json, which is an `object`. You'll need to reindex your data in a new index with the correct mapping.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-parsing-json-string/238901/3 "2020-07-24T18:45:45Z")
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