From 8ddf373cbff6b95f18e55e64a2c7294f5a441f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Bridgeman <49999150+bestpath-gb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 22:07:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore err as key may not exist.

---
 libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/client.go | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/client.go b/libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/client.go
index ea0a8bb88714..26527c4257b8 100644
--- a/libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/client.go
+++ b/libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/client.go
@@ -316,11 +316,7 @@ func createEventBulkMeta(
 	}
 
 	id, _ := event.GetMetaStringValue("_id")
-	opType, err := event.GetMetaStringValue(opTypeKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("%s %v is no string value", opTypeKey, opType)
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	opType, _ := event.GetMetaStringValue(opTypeKey)
 
 	meta := eslegclient.BulkMeta{
 		Index:    index,