topic Re: Add Python Modules in Splunk Dev

Add Python Modules

JosIJntema — Mon, 01 May 2017 21:52:00 GMT

Hi there,

I would like to use the googleads package for Python to import data from Google into Splunk. We already have the Scientific Computing App for Splunk.

How could we import the googleads package in either the regular Search app or the Scientific Computing app?

Installing it with pip does not seem to do the trick.

Re: Add Python Modules

aaraneta_splunk — Mon, 01 May 2017 22:49:46 GMT

@JoslJntema - Which Python for Scientific Computing add-on from Splunkbase are using? I just want to make sure your post is tagged appropriately. Thank you.

Re: Add Python Modules

badarsebard — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 14:32:09 GMT

There is a new app called PyDen which should allow you to install any module you need by creating a virtual environment from a compiled version of Python. You would need to do the following:

Install PyDen and PyDen Manager from Splunkbase
Ensure your system has all the required libraries to compile Python from source
Run the "createdist" command for the version of Python you want to use
Run the createvenv command and specify your version and a name for the environment
Run the pip command to install googleads module to the virtual environment

Now when you want to use the virtual environment all you need do is execute a function from the activation.py script at the top of your script and Splunk will run your script using the virtual environment.