https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Maximum-size-of-HTTP-POST-Request-and-receivers-stream-endpoint/m-p/140370#M28803 <P>Hi community,</P> <P>I got a couple of questions regarding POST request to receivers/stream endpoint.</P> <OL> <LI><P>I have used API endpoint receivers/stream to upload events to Splunk and I am just wondering what is the maximum size of HTTP POST request Splunk API can accept.</P></LI> <LI><P>If e.g. the maximum is 10 MB, does this mean that if I want to submit 20 MB data, I need to breakdown the data and submit it in two requests?</P></LI> <LI><P>How long does streaming API socket remain open after the initial request? In Python script examples in REST api documentation, the code tries to send a request every second and I'm just wondering what is the maximum interval between request before the connection is closed.</P></LI> </OL> <P>Thanks in advance.</P> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:48:16 GMT stevanic 2014-11-30T23:48:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Maximum-size-of-HTTP-POST-Request-and-receivers-stream-endpoint/m-p/140370#M28803 <P>Hi community,</P> <P>I got a couple of questions regarding POST request to receivers/stream endpoint.</P> <OL> <LI><P>I have used API endpoint receivers/stream to upload events to Splunk and I am just wondering what is the maximum size of HTTP POST request Splunk API can accept.</P></LI> <LI><P>If e.g. the maximum is 10 MB, does this mean that if I want to submit 20 MB data, I need to breakdown the data and submit it in two requests?</P></LI> <LI><P>How long does streaming API socket remain open after the initial request? In Python script examples in REST api documentation, the code tries to send a request every second and I'm just wondering what is the maximum interval between request before the connection is closed.</P></LI> </OL> <P>Thanks in advance.</P> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:48:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Maximum-size-of-HTTP-POST-Request-and-receivers-stream-endpoint/m-p/140370#M28803 stevanic 2014-11-30T23:48:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Maximum-size-of-HTTP-POST-Request-and-receivers-stream-endpoint/m-p/140371#M28804 <P>Maximum size of HTTP request is specified in limits.conf-&gt;max_content_length</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:54:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Maximum-size-of-HTTP-POST-Request-and-receivers-stream-endpoint/m-p/140371#M28804 stevanic 2020-09-29T10:54:55Z