csv

The csv formatter plugin output an event as CSV.

"value1"[delimiter]"value2"[delimiter]"value3"[newline]

Parameters

• Common Parameters

• Format section configurations

fields

type	default	version
array of string	nil	0.14.0

Specifies the output fields. It is a required parameter.

delimiter (String, Optional. defaults to ",")

type	default	version
string	,	0.14.0

Delimiter for values.

Use \t or TAB to specify the tab character.

force_quotes

type	default	version
bool	true	0.14.0

If false, the value will not be framed by quotes.

add_newline

type	default	version
bool	true	0.14.12

Add \n to the result.

Example

<format>
  @type csv
  fields host,method
</format>

With this configuration:

tag:    app.event
time:   1362020400
record: {"host":"192.168.0.1","size":777,"method":"PUT"}

This incoming event is formatted to:

In non-Windows:

"192.168.0.1","PUT"\n

In Windows:

"192.168.0.1","PUT"\r\n

With force_quotes false, the result is:

In non-Windows:

192.168.0.1,PUT\n

In Windows:

192.168.0.1,PUT\r\n

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