# Receive Authorization Header Logstash Http Input Plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/receive-authorization-header-logstash-http-input-plugin/257407>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/receive-authorization-header-logstash-http-input-plugin/257407 "2020-12-02T18:19:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/receive-authorization-header-logstash-http-input-plugin/257407/3 "2020-12-02T19:53:30Z")

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I have a very vague recollection that the Authorization header is special, and gets consumed by the http server. There is another [forum post](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-authorization-header-to-http-input-plugin/231999) that suggests this is true, however, I have poked around in github and cannot find anything in logstash or netty that consumes it.

Sadly I cannot find the thread I recall from a couple of years ago on this subject.

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