# Querying API On Input With Variables

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-api-on-input-with-variables/273688>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-api-on-input-with-variables/273688 "2021-05-21T16:31:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-api-on-input-with-variables/273688/2 "2021-05-21T17:30:33Z")

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In short you cannot do that with an input. There is a much longer response about doing it with a filter [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-service-now-com-data/244320/2).

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