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Splunk Stream: How to configure streams using REST API?

mathiask — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:22:58 GMT

Hello Splunkers

There is a partial REST API documentation.
There is a lot of information missing.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/7.0.1/DeployStreamApp/SplunkAppforStreamRESTAPI

We are really interested in configuring our streams using the REST API.
Especially, since we are unable to use the SDK, because we are using python3.

Current, urgent use case
We want to create, modify and delete streams

Greetings
Mathias

Re: Splunk Stream: How to configure streams using REST API?

sroback_splunk — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:49:12 GMT

hi. The Splunk Stream REST API docs have been updated with new request/response examples, parameter information, etc., for each operation. To use the /streams endpoint to create, modify, and delete streams, see: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/7.0.1/DeployStreamApp/SplunkAppforStreamRESTAPI#Streams

HTH.

Re: Splunk Stream: How to configure streams using REST API?

mathiask — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:53:44 GMT

Thanks.

What I don't understand yet is how do I get the tokens
The /streams/ GET command comments
The cookies and x-splunk-form-key can be obtained from the GET request's response headers.

But when I run it I only get

$ curl -i -k https://localhost:8000/en-US/custom/splunk_app_stream/streams/test
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:35:14 GMT
Content-Type: text/json;charset=utf-8
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Content-Length: 337
Vary: Cookie
Connection: Keep-Alive
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Set-Cookie: session_id_8000=ee2f22f1c69a96be792938a883934b541b503d89; expires=Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:35:10 GMT; httponly; Path=/; secure
Server: Splunkd

{"status": 404, "error": "Stream with specified id not found", "success": false}

I assume that I can just take the sessionID for the cookie so

splunkd_8000=ee2f22f1c69a96be792938a883934b541b503d89

But when I look at the POST command I also need

splunkweb_csrf_token_8000=
X-Splunk-Form-Key:

Where do I get these from?

Re: Splunk Stream: How to configure streams using REST API?

sroback_splunk — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:37:06 GMT

Hi. Just FYI:
The Stream REST API docs have been updated with instructions on how to generate the required tokens. See:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/7.0.1/DeployStreamApp/SplunkAppforStreamRESTAPI#How_to_generate_tokens

Re: Splunk Stream: How to configure streams using REST API?

sumangala — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:04:40 GMT

A splunkd endpoint (Rest API) resides on port 8089 by default. In order to access these from code running in the browser, it needs to be “expose” setting in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/web.conf. Or else it gives cross-origin prevention and CSRF protections in the browser.
To resolve this you are trying to send tokens for splunkweb_csrf_token_8000, splunkd_8000 and session_id_8000.
Actually these token are saved in your browser as cookies when u login to splunk web browser.
U need not to explicitly send in the request header. In turn, the browser will send these tokens in request header. U can see this in network section of browser.