diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HttpSinkServiceIT.java b/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HttpSinkServiceIT.java
index d9a66da7b3..70ec2c2a17 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HttpSinkServiceIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HttpSinkServiceIT.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ public HttpSinkService createHttpSinkServiceUnderTest() throws NoSuchFieldExcept
         final PluginSetting codecPluginSettings = new PluginSetting(codecConfiguration.getPluginName(),
                 codecConfiguration.getPluginSettings());
         this.ndjsonOutputConfig = mock(NdjsonOutputConfig.class);
-        when(ndjsonOutputConfig.getExcludeKeys()).thenReturn(new ArrayList<>());
         codec = new NdjsonOutputCodec(ndjsonOutputConfig);
         this.bufferFactory = new InMemoryBufferFactory();
         this.dlqPushHandler = new DlqPushHandler(httpSinkConfiguration.getDlqFile(), pluginFactory,
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HTTPSink.java b/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HTTPSink.java
index ab696a8899..b456836927 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HTTPSink.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/HTTPSink.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.PluginFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.AbstractSink;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.OutputCodecContext;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.Sink;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.SinkContext;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.accumulator.BufferFactory;
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public HTTPSink(final PluginSetting pluginSetting,
                 pluginMetrics,
                 pluginSetting,
                 codec,
-                Objects.nonNull(sinkContext) ? sinkContext.getTagsTargetKey() : null);
+                OutputCodecContext.fromSinkContext(sinkContext));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/service/HttpSinkService.java b/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/service/HttpSinkService.java
index 4555e4616f..534d41dfb1 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/service/HttpSinkService.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/http-sink/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/http/service/HttpSinkService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventHandle;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.OutputCodecContext;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.types.ByteCount;
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.accumulator.Buffer;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public class HttpSinkService {
 
     private final OutputCodec codec;
 
-    private final String tagsTargetKey;
+    private final OutputCodecContext codecContext;
 
     public HttpSinkService(final HttpSinkConfiguration httpSinkConfiguration,
                            final BufferFactory bufferFactory,
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public HttpSinkService(final HttpSinkConfiguration httpSinkConfiguration,
                            final PluginMetrics pluginMetrics,
                            final PluginSetting httpPluginSetting,
                            final OutputCodec codec,
-                           final String tagsTargetKey) {
+                           final OutputCodecContext codecContext) {
 
         this.httpSinkConfiguration = httpSinkConfiguration;
         this.bufferFactory = bufferFactory;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public HttpSinkService(final HttpSinkConfiguration httpSinkConfiguration,
         this.httpSinkRecordsSuccessCounter = pluginMetrics.counter(HTTP_SINK_RECORDS_SUCCESS_COUNTER);
         this.httpSinkRecordsFailedCounter = pluginMetrics.counter(HTTP_SINK_RECORDS_FAILED_COUNTER);
         this.codec= codec;
-        this.tagsTargetKey = tagsTargetKey;
+        this.codecContext = codecContext;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -160,9 +161,9 @@ public void output(Collection<Record<Event>> records) {
                 try {
                     final Event event = record.getData();
                     if(currentBuffer.getEventCount() == 0) {
-                        codec.start(outputStream,event , tagsTargetKey);
+                        codec.start(outputStream,event , codecContext);
                     }
-                    codec.writeEvent(event, outputStream, tagsTargetKey);
+                    codec.writeEvent(event, outputStream);
                     int count = currentBuffer.getEventCount() +1;
                     currentBuffer.setEventCount(count);