# Undefined method \`sanitized'

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/undefined-method-sanitized/100588>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/undefined-method-sanitized/100588 "2017-09-14T18:37:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/undefined-method-sanitized/100588/8 "2017-10-11T07:27:38Z")

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I could not find the solution but have a workaround for this. I have fresh installation of logstash 5.6.3 and using logstash-output-elasticsearch plugin version 9.0.0(upgraded from 7.4.2)

Error:  
[2017-10-11T06:52:46,492][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Encountered an unexpected error submitting a bulk request! Will retry. {:error\_message=\>"undefined method `sanitized' for \"/_bulk\":String", :cl ass=>"NoMethodError", :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:250:in`safe\_bulk'", "/usr/share/logsta  
sh/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:113:in `submit'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elastics earch-9.0.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:81:in`retrying\_submit'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.0-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsea  
rch/common.rb:33:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output_delegator_strategies/shared.rb:13:in`multi\_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output\_delegat  
or.rb:49:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:434:in`output\_batch'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeli ne.rb:433:in`output\_batch'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:381:in `worker_loop'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:342:in`start\_workers'"]}

This occurs during error handling and url sanitisation method in mentioned ruby file common.rb line 250:  
Changed  
log\_hash = {:code =\> e.response\_code, :url =\> e.url.sanitized.to\_s}  
to  
log\_hash = {:code =\> e.response\_code, :url =\> e.url, :body =\> e.response\_body }

Now that I am not sanitizing url, hence getting below appropriate message in logs:  
[2017-10-11T07:14:25,097][ERROR][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Encountered a retryable error. Will Retry with exponential backoff {:code=\>404, :url=\>"/\_bulk", :body=\>"{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"index\_not\_found\_exception","reason":"no such index and [action.auto\_create\_index] ([prod\*,.security,.monitoring\*,.watches,.triggered\_watches,.watcher-history\*]) doesn't match","index\_uuid":"_na_","index":"logstash-2017.10.11"}],"type":"index\_not\_found\_exception","reason":"no such index and [action.auto\_create\_index] ([prod\*,.security,.monitoring\*,.watches,.triggered\_watches,.watcher-history\*]) doesn't match","index\_uuid":"_na_","index":"logstash-2017.10.11"},"status":404}"}

This was the error due to configuration in elasticsearch.yml file which allowed only certain index pattern to be created automatically. Changed configuration in yml and finally index was created.

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