https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-a-suggested-method-for-accessing-Splunk-API-via-Custom/m-p/588447#M10449 <P>Hello,</P> <P>I have setup a Splunk app that has Custom REST Endpoints which make Splunk API calls, currently via the python requests module.&nbsp; I am authenticating to the API by grabbing the session key via the the Custom REST Endpoint's handler.&nbsp; This works but I am wondering if either the SDK or Splunk python libraries can handle this a little more gracefully or not?&nbsp; I noticed when building the dashboards that I can just call service.METHOD in SplunkJS to hit the Custom REST Endpoints so wondering if there is a python class/method that handles the authentication, etc such as this.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks</P> Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:21:58 GMT nohc 2022-03-10T22:21:58Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-a-suggested-method-for-accessing-Splunk-API-via-Custom/m-p/588447#M10449 <P>Hello,</P> <P>I have setup a Splunk app that has Custom REST Endpoints which make Splunk API calls, currently via the python requests module.&nbsp; I am authenticating to the API by grabbing the session key via the the Custom REST Endpoint's handler.&nbsp; This works but I am wondering if either the SDK or Splunk python libraries can handle this a little more gracefully or not?&nbsp; I noticed when building the dashboards that I can just call service.METHOD in SplunkJS to hit the Custom REST Endpoints so wondering if there is a python class/method that handles the authentication, etc such as this.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks</P> Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:21:58 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-a-suggested-method-for-accessing-Splunk-API-via-Custom/m-p/588447#M10449 nohc 2022-03-10T22:21:58Z