https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Splunk-REST-API-endpoint-to-confirm-password/m-p/322281#M60058 <P>See if this helps:</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTUM/RESTusing#Authentication_and_authorization">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTUM/RESTusing#Authentication_and_authorization</A></P> <P>Basic HTTP authentication</P> <P>Splunkd also supports basic authentication as defined by RFC 1945. This is the mechanism used when you access resources using a Web browser.</P> <P>So use a .net library that supports web requests with basic auth, encode the user/pass according to basic auth RFC 1945, and try to hit <A href="https://localhost:8089/services/">https://localhost:8089/services/</A>. If you get a status code that is less than or equal to 399, then you can assume auth was successful and proceed.</P> <P>You might prefer to use the SDK though: <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/csharp">http://dev.splunk.com/csharp</A></P> Tue, 30 May 2017 18:24:31 GMT jkat54 2017-05-30T18:24:31Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Splunk-REST-API-endpoint-to-confirm-password/m-p/322280#M60057 <P>Building a .NET app that will access Splunk via REST API. App will prompt for password to use for admin access. Is there an endpoint which returns true/false with regards to auth validation? Don't want to proceed until valid password has been entered.</P> Tue, 30 May 2017 17:38:57 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Splunk-REST-API-endpoint-to-confirm-password/m-p/322280#M60057 simpkins1958 2017-05-30T17:38:57Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Splunk-REST-API-endpoint-to-confirm-password/m-p/322281#M60058 <P>See if this helps:</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTUM/RESTusing#Authentication_and_authorization">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTUM/RESTusing#Authentication_and_authorization</A></P> <P>Basic HTTP authentication</P> <P>Splunkd also supports basic authentication as defined by RFC 1945. This is the mechanism used when you access resources using a Web browser.</P> <P>So use a .net library that supports web requests with basic auth, encode the user/pass according to basic auth RFC 1945, and try to hit <A href="https://localhost:8089/services/">https://localhost:8089/services/</A>. If you get a status code that is less than or equal to 399, then you can assume auth was successful and proceed.</P> <P>You might prefer to use the SDK though: <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/csharp">http://dev.splunk.com/csharp</A></P> Tue, 30 May 2017 18:24:31 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Splunk-REST-API-endpoint-to-confirm-password/m-p/322281#M60058 jkat54 2017-05-30T18:24:31Z