topic Re: Can we use REST API instead of Universal Forwarder to send logs to indexer, if so, How can we do that? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-use-REST-API-instead-of-Universal-Forwarder-to-send-logs/m-p/403575#M71696 <P>Hey,<BR /> the best way to do this is the Splunk HTTP Event Collector. It's a HTTP(S) API, that you can send your events to.<BR /> There is a lot to be considered for this, but the documents explain it pretty well. Check this:</P> <P><A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.0/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector">Set up and use HTTP Event Collector in Splunk Web</A> <BR /> <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/view/event-collector/SP-CAAAE6M">Introduction to Splunk HTTP Event Collector</A></P> <P>Hope that helps - if it does I'd be happy if you would upvote/accept this answer, so others could profit from it. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Fri, 18 May 2018 07:14:39 GMT xpac 2018-05-18T07:14:39Z Can we use REST API instead of Universal Forwarder to send logs to indexer, if so, How can we do that? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-use-REST-API-instead-of-Universal-Forwarder-to-send-logs/m-p/403574#M71695 <P>How can we send the logs through REST API without using the Universal forwarder on the application server or any sources</P> Fri, 18 May 2018 03:14:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-use-REST-API-instead-of-Universal-Forwarder-to-send-logs/m-p/403574#M71695 saicool 2018-05-18T03:14:55Z Re: Can we use REST API instead of Universal Forwarder to send logs to indexer, if so, How can we do that? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-use-REST-API-instead-of-Universal-Forwarder-to-send-logs/m-p/403575#M71696 <P>Hey,<BR /> the best way to do this is the Splunk HTTP Event Collector. It's a HTTP(S) API, that you can send your events to.<BR /> There is a lot to be considered for this, but the documents explain it pretty well. Check this:</P> <P><A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.0/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector">Set up and use HTTP Event Collector in Splunk Web</A> <BR /> <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/view/event-collector/SP-CAAAE6M">Introduction to Splunk HTTP Event Collector</A></P> <P>Hope that helps - if it does I'd be happy if you would upvote/accept this answer, so others could profit from it. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Fri, 18 May 2018 07:14:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-use-REST-API-instead-of-Universal-Forwarder-to-send-logs/m-p/403575#M71696 xpac 2018-05-18T07:14:39Z