# Error with node-red-contrib-syslog-input 1.0.1

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-with-node-red-contrib-syslog-input-1-0-1/17967>\
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**Created:** [14 November 2019 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-with-node-red-contrib-syslog-input-1-0-1/17967 "2019-11-14T16:38:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![heyhogan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/heyhogan/32/13897_2.png) [@heyhogan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/heyhogan)\
**Post date:** [14 November 2019 16:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-with-node-red-contrib-syslog-input-1-0-1/17967/1 "2019-11-14T16:38:41Z")

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I have an application for this node but am running into some issues. I am successfully getting SYSLOG data to hit the input node, but the input node is not happy with the message. It is giving me this error:

```auto
Invalid message received: {"timestamp":"2019-11-14T22:26:31.890Z","address":"192.168.15.39","family":"IPv4","port":20514,"size":143,"msg":"<22>24/09/2016 15:04:31 User Activity User admin of PDU 1 Rack:AA01-MS:SideA from host 192.168.15.160 logged out\u0000"}

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The \<22\> by the date 24/09/2016 is red in the debugger, but not sure if this was a part of the original syslog msg or if it was added by the node. Maybe I need to tweak the code of this node to work? Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![mgx0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mgx0/32/56501_2.png) [@mgx0](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mgx0)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2022 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-with-node-red-contrib-syslog-input-1-0-1/17967/2 "2022-02-15T13:56:20Z")

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I'm getting the same error:

nodered:

> "Invalid message received: {"timestamp":"2022-02-15T13:53:43.226Z","address":"10.0.0.1","family":"IPv4","port":40146,"size":40,"msg":"\<27\>Feb 15 14:53:43 routar stubby[6262]:"}"

original message on OpenWRT:

> Tue Feb 15 14:53:43 2022 daemon.err stubby[6262]:

looks like the daemon (in my case stubby) sends empty lines to syslog and there's no message. the syslog input node sends this as a warning in debug console and I cannot get rid of it.

is there anything in nodered I can do? maybe catch warnings or something?