# JSON Websocket as input format **URL:** \ **Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/json-websocket-as-input-format/19945 "2021-05-24T17:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kcwebby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kcwebby](https://community.graylog.org/u/kcwebby)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/json-websocket-as-input-format/19945/1 "2021-05-24T17:21:13Z")
I have an application that creates a outbound Websocket connection to send JSON formatted data. I’d like to capture that information inside of Graylog for processing, to relieve some client scripts I have that are processing and then uploading via text logs on the host (via filebeat). Is there an input that can be used to have applications connect (via websocket) and post JSON formatted messages to be captured and logged? I tried via the RAW/Plaintext, and I just get the HTTP request/response. Thanks! ```auto 2021-05-24 17:20:12.072 +00:00 172.30.0.254 Connection: Upgrade 2021-05-24 17:20:12.072 +00:00 172.30.0.254 Sec-WebSocket-Key: fOpmqo2phXTtd6RsErtfdw== 2021-05-24 17:20:12.072 +00:00 172.30.0.254 Upgrade: websocket 2021-05-24 17:20:12.072 +00:00 172.30.0.254 GET / HTTP/1.1 2021-05-24 17:20:12.072 +00:00 172.30.0.254 User-Agent: WebSocket++/0.8.1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![dscryber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/dscryber/32/14178_2.png) [@dscryber](https://community.graylog.org/u/dscryber)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/json-websocket-as-input-format/19945/2 "2021-05-27T14:09:11Z")
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**Author:** ![dscryber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/dscryber/32/14178_2.png) [@dscryber](https://community.graylog.org/u/dscryber)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/json-websocket-as-input-format/19945/3 "2021-05-27T14:09:11Z")