Telegraf error: [inputs.mqtt_consumer] Error in plugin: metric parse error:

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Hi Everybody,

I’m using Telegraf with MQTT as an input plugin. MQTT is sending these kind of JSON messages:
{“Count”:905658,“Momentary”:180014.625000,“Units”:40,“UnitsText”:“ltr”,“Period”:30,“PeriodText”:“hour”}

Relevant parts of telegraf.conf:
servers = [“tcp://broker.mqttdashboard.com:1883”]
topics = [ “Counters/#”,]
qos = 2
data_format = “json”

Telegraf cannot parse the input:
2021-12-21T19:09:42Z E! [inputs.mqtt_consumer] Error in plugin: metric parse error: expected tag at 1:42: “{“Count”:893409,“Momentary”:180011.250000,“Units”:40,“UnitsText”:“ltr”,“Period”:30,“PeriodText”:“hour”}”

JSON LINT finds no errors in my JSON messages…

I’ve been busting my head on this one for half a day now, anybody know what’s wrong?

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You have to configure the json input:

JSON input data format | Telegraf Documentation

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Hi @Franky1 ,

Thanks for your quick reply!
I’ve been looking into that, but I don’t think that would eliminate the error(?)
What kind of configuration would you suggest I do to get rid of the error message?

Best regards,
Bert

P.s.
I added this to the configuration:
data_format = “json”
tag_keys = [“Count”]
That got rid of the error. Not sure what it means though :slight_smile: but I intend to find out tomorrow…