# Putting server time in the request http poller body logstash
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010 "2019-06-03T15:22:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Hiven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hiven)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010/1 "2019-06-03T15:22:40Z")
Hello,
I have a logstash confg with uses http poller. The big problem I have is that, I need the current date sent in the body so the API knows what data to return. It doesn't work with relative dates, it needs the exact date to query.
So, I have tried many different ways to put the current server date in the body field of the request within the logstash.conf. Here is an example:
input{
http\_poller {
#proxy =\> { host =\> "" }
proxy =\> ""
urls =\> {
q1 =\> {
method =\> post
url =\> ""
headers =\> {.... }
body =\> '{
"rsid": "....",
"globalFilters": [
{
"type": "dateRange",
"dateRange": "%{+ddMMyyHHmmss}"
}
................
}'
}
}
request\_timeout =\> 60
# Supports "cron", "every", "at" and "in" schedules by rufus scheduler
schedule =\> { cron =\> "\* \* \* \* \* UTC"}
codec =\> "json"
metadata\_target =\> "http\_poller\_metadata"
}
}
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["xxxx"]
index =\> "xxxx"
}
}
In every example I try, it just sends the raw value "%{+ddMMyyHHmmss}" and doesn't turn it into the current date. Any help would be really appreciated, I have done extensive searching but cant find the answer.
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010/2 "2019-06-03T18:07:13Z")
That appears to be a [known issue](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http_poller/issues/108).
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### Author:  [@Hiven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hiven)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010/3 "2019-06-03T19:04:53Z")
Thank you very much for that. It’s a shame it’s a known issue, is there any way to understand if it’s due to receive a fix any time soon?
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010/4 "2019-06-04T18:57:36Z")
> [@Hiven](#):
>
> is there any way to understand if it’s due to receive a fix any time soon?
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that 🙂
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### Author:  [@Hiven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hiven)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010/5 "2019-06-06T06:59:15Z")
Ok I’m now using Nifi which is a lot more powerful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/putting-server-time-in-the-request-http-poller-body-logstash/184010/6 "2019-07-04T06:59:26Z")
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