https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Is-the-Splunk-SDK-for-python-required-to-create-custom-commands/m-p/248125#M3115 <P>As per my understanding, SDK would make it easier. from docs - <BR /> A custom search command is an executable binary file that reads data in and writes data out. This could be a Python script, a C++ program, or some other executable binary file. For simplicity, the file is referred to as the executable in this documentation. splunk docs - <BR /> <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.2/Search/Writeasearchcommand">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.2/Search/Writeasearchcommand</A></P> <P>splunk blog link - <BR /> <A href="http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/04/14/building-custom-search-commands-in-python-part-i-a-simple-generating-command/">http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/04/14/building-custom-search-commands-in-python-part-i-a-simple-generating-command/</A></P> <P>splunk answers post - <BR /> <A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/93248/creating-custom-commands-splunk-5-0-2.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/93248/creating-custom-commands-splunk-5-0-2.html</A></P> Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:03:30 GMT inventsekar 2016-08-26T13:03:30Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Is-the-Splunk-SDK-for-python-required-to-create-custom-commands/m-p/248124#M3114 <P>Looking to create some custom commands - is the Splunk SDK required in order to do this? </P> Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:57:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Is-the-Splunk-SDK-for-python-required-to-create-custom-commands/m-p/248124#M3114 a212830 2016-08-26T12:57:30Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Is-the-Splunk-SDK-for-python-required-to-create-custom-commands/m-p/248125#M3115 <P>As per my understanding, SDK would make it easier. from docs - <BR /> A custom search command is an executable binary file that reads data in and writes data out. This could be a Python script, a C++ program, or some other executable binary file. For simplicity, the file is referred to as the executable in this documentation. splunk docs - <BR /> <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.2/Search/Writeasearchcommand">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.2/Search/Writeasearchcommand</A></P> <P>splunk blog link - <BR /> <A href="http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/04/14/building-custom-search-commands-in-python-part-i-a-simple-generating-command/">http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/04/14/building-custom-search-commands-in-python-part-i-a-simple-generating-command/</A></P> <P>splunk answers post - <BR /> <A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/93248/creating-custom-commands-splunk-5-0-2.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/93248/creating-custom-commands-splunk-5-0-2.html</A></P> Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:03:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Is-the-Splunk-SDK-for-python-required-to-create-custom-commands/m-p/248125#M3115 inventsekar 2016-08-26T13:03:30Z