topic Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it in Splunk Search

Generate PDF file but NOT email it

philyeo — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:42:05 GMT

Hi,

I need to be able to generate PDF files of views, which I can get working, but I don't want them emailed. I want to script the generation of the PDF so I can save it somewhere - how do I do this?

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

ziegfried — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:01:16 GMT

I've written such a script which fetches the PDF from the REST endpoint. It will be part of a little extension which adds a "Download PDF" link to the actions menu. I'll release this very soon.

Update:

The app is now online: http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/26915/pdf-download-extension

It contains a script called "fetch_pdf.py" in the bin folder. You can use this to create and download PDF reports and store them somewhere. For information on how to use it execute:

splunk cmd python fetch_pdf.py --help

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

ziegfried — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:26:46 GMT

Updated answer.

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

watsm10 — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:13:45 GMT

Would this work with the in-built PDF in 5.0?

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

smolcj — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:51:05 GMT

Is this extension still available ? if yes please provide the link. The specified link throws a 404 error

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

shawngarrettsgp — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 20:05:34 GMT

I'ed be interested in similar functionality as well, I haven't quite found anything on splunk answers that works yet.

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

dvmodeste — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:23:30 GMT

I have the same issue right now but unable to find the extension for saving the PDF instead of email.

Re: Generate PDF file but NOT email it

richgalloway — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:35:22 GMT

@dvmodeste This thread is almost 8 years old. You should post a new question describing your problem.