# Problem with POST request with http\_poller plugin
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-post-request-with-http-poller-plugin/91910
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-post-request-with-http-poller-plugin/91910 "2017-07-05T13:25:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Sayantan\_Dey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sayantan_Dey)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-post-request-with-http-poller-plugin/91910/1 "2017-07-05T13:25:09Z")
Hi,
I'm using Logstash to import data from a http web-service. It uses post method to retrieve data.
Now whenever I'm using the following format in my conf file, its throwing the following error: "Invalid url post".
My conf file sytax is as follows:
input {
http\_poller{
urls =\> {
method =\> post
url =\> "[https://zausvdisadey1:8243/services/SimpleProxy](https://zausvdisadey1:8243/services/SimpleProxy)"
body =\> 'request xml body here'
}
request\_timeout =\> 60
# Supports "cron", "every", "at" and "in" schedules by rufus scheduler
schedule =\> { cron =\> "\* \* \* \* \* UTC"}
codec =\> "plain"
# A hash of request metadata info (timing, response headers, etc.) will be sent here
metadata\_target =\> "http\_poller\_metadata"
}
}
output {
stdout { }
}
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-post-request-with-http-poller-plugin/91910/2 "2017-07-07T09:35:01Z")
Please quote the full error message. Have you tried making the exact same request with e.g. curl?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-post-request-with-http-poller-plugin/91910/3 "2017-08-04T09:39:51Z")
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