# Request Payload

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-payload/121791>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-payload/121791 "2018-02-28T06:56:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![arun3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@arun3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun3)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-payload/121791/1 "2018-02-28T06:56:17Z")

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Can we calculate size of request/ payload size ?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-payload/121791/2 "2018-02-28T07:29:10Z")

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What request/payload are you referring to? What exactly are you looking to accomplish?

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**Author:** ![arun3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@arun3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun3)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-payload/121791/3 "2018-02-28T15:20:22Z")

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We are trying to calculate the size of request/response in logs and display the same on Kibana dashboards.

One more thought:  
Is there a way that we can calculate the log size and pass from Filebeat itself ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-payload/121791/4 "2018-03-28T15:20:36Z")

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