---
title: Extractor Plugins
id: extractor-plugins
date: 2023-07-17
full_link: /docs/plugins/architecture/#field-extraction-capability
short_description: >
  An extractor plugin focuses only on field extraction from events.
aka:
tags:
- extension
- integration
---
An extractor {{< glossary_tooltip text="plugin" term_id="plugins" >}} focuses only on {{< glossary_tooltip text="field" term_id="fields" >}} extraction from events.

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The events can be generated by other {{< glossary_tooltip text="plugins" term_id="plugins" >}} or by the core libraries. It does not provide an event source but can extract {{< glossary_tooltip text="fields" term_id="fields" >}} from other event sources.
