https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207629#M2769 <P>Thanks for the tip!</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 22:07:59 GMT Vidd 2016-11-02T22:07:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207625#M2765 <P>I see in the list of deprecated features that entity.setEntity has been deprecated (some time ago).</P> <P>What is the recommended alternative for storing the password securely when using a modular input and setup.xml screen?</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:36:34 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207625#M2765 Vidd 2016-11-02T17:36:34Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207626#M2766 <P><a href="https://community.splunk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/182783">@Vidd</a>, The new method of storing password is the <STRONG>passwordstore</STRONG> which is detailed in <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/view/python-sdk/SP-CAAAEJ6" target="_blank">How to work with users, roles, and storage passwords using the Splunk SDK for Python</A>. A good example is of working with the <STRONG>passwordstore</STRONG> is the <A href="https://github.com/splunk/splunk-add-on-jira-alerts" target="_blank">splunk-add-on-jira-alerts</A> built by Splunk. While the example is for an alert it can easily be converted for a modular input. You will need to obtain the auth key inside your modular input which is a property available in <STRONG>self</STRONG></P> <P>Take a close look at splunk-add-on-jira-alerts/bin/jira_alerts_install_endpoint.py for the setup view and splunk-add-on-jira-alerts/bin/jira_helpers.py.</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:39:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207626#M2766 bmacias84 2020-09-29T11:39:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207627#M2767 <P>Thank you so much for the reference and example. Very much appreciated.</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:37:38 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207627#M2767 Vidd 2016-11-02T21:37:38Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207628#M2768 <P>Also setup.xml in will be deprecated in the future, but no telling when.</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:41:50 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207628#M2768 bmacias84 2016-11-02T21:41:50Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207629#M2769 <P>Thanks for the tip!</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 22:07:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-is-the-replacement-for-the-deprecated-Python-call-entity/m-p/207629#M2769 Vidd 2016-11-02T22:07:59Z