topic HTTP Event Collector supports compression (like Gzip)? in Getting Data In

HTTP Event Collector supports compression (like Gzip)?

sandeep23 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:24:11 GMT

Is compression (like Gzip) supported in HEC batched payload ? One of the Splunk blog mentioned it, but can't find any relevant info in user/developer guide. Can someone please confirm and share docs if supported?

Re: HTTP Event Collector supports compression (like Gzip)?

s2_splunk — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:00:04 GMT

Revised answer: If you send gzip'ed data, just set the Content-Encoding header like you would with any other payload sent over HTTP and it will work.

Re: HTTP Event Collector supports compression (like Gzip)?

amiracle — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:23:02 GMT

Here is a blog post that you might be looking for: https://www.splunk.com/blog/2016/07/28/sending-compressed-payloads-to-splunk.html