# SNMPTRAP OCTET String to String

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmptrap-octet-string-to-string/80689>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmptrap-octet-string-to-string/80689 "2017-03-30T13:52:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![xiaozhuqq48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/97f17d/32.png) [@xiaozhuqq48](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xiaozhuqq48)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmptrap-octet-string-to-string/80689/1 "2017-03-30T13:52:02Z")

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When I use SNMPTRAP to get SNMP messages.  
The message includes below  
"\xE9\x80\x9A\xE4\xBF\xA1\xE8\xB4\xA8\xE9\x87\x8F", which has been confirmed the type 'utf8' through the filter ruby command 'puts event.get('message').encoding'.  
It should be Chinese.  
Can anyone help with how to convert the OCTET string to regular string, and displays as Chinese.

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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:** [April 27, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmptrap-octet-string-to-string/80689/2 "2017-04-27T13:52:03Z")

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Closed on April 27, 2017, 1:52pm UTC

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