spent whole day try to figure out how to parse this log

[homelab8330]

good day
im new here. i got this log example of ha proxy

Feb  3 17:00:17 localhost hapee-lb[2027037]: {"status":"200","bytes_read":"381","bytes_uploaded":"418","hostname":"33-012145","method":"POST","request_uri":"/ssw/products","handshake_time":"0","request_idle_time":"314","request_active_time":"1","request_time":"0","response_time":"1","timestamp":"1738591219","client_ip":"10.66.77.88","client_port":"190","real_ip":"10.32.69.56","frontend_port":"443","http_request":"POST /ssw/products HTTP/1.1","ssl_ciphers":"TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384","ssl_version":"TLSv1.3","date_time":"03/Feb/2025:17:00:16.778","http_host":"aos","http_referer":"-","http_user_agent":"Apache-HttpClient/5.3.1 (Java/21.0.2)","http_req_rate":"0","conn_rate":"0","verdict":"-","X-User-Type":"-","X-Retry-Data":"-","X-Application-Platform":"-","X-Application-Version":"-","X-User-ID":"-","X-SP-GEOIP":"-"} 

and i spent whole day try to figure how to parse this json
may be someone help?
i used this but it not work. i dont under understand

transforms:
  decode_json:
    type: remap
    inputs:
      - file
    source: |
      if is_string(.message) {
        . = merge(., parse_json(.message) ?? {})
      }

[pront]

Hi @homelab8330,

I would like to understand if you are trying to parse the whole line:

 3 17:00:17 localhost hapee-lb[2027037]: {"status":"200","bytes_read":"381","bytes_uploaded":"418","hostname":"33-012145","method":"POST","request_uri":"/ssw/products","handshake_time":"0","request_idle_time":"314","request_active_time":"1","request_time":"0","response_time":"1","timestamp":"1738591219","client_ip":"10.66.77.88","client_port":"190","real_ip":"10.32.69.56","frontend_port":"443","http_request":"POST /ssw/products HTTP/1.1","ssl_ciphers":"TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384","ssl_version":"TLSv1.3","date_time":"03/Feb/2025:17:00:16.778","http_host":"aos","http_referer":"-","http_user_agent":"Apache-HttpClient/5.3.1 (Java/21.0.2)","http_req_rate":"0","conn_rate":"0","verdict":"-","X-User-Type":"-","X-Retry-Data":"-","X-Application-Platform":"-","X-Application-Version":"-","X-User-ID":"-","X-SP-GEOIP":"-"} 

Or the string after the ::

{"status":"2....

Can you share a VRL playground example?