Alerting

Splunk Alert to python

johnsasikumar
Path Finder

Hi i have a query which gives output of _time, message. The message column holds the actual alert message. I have saved this search as an alert,
How do we export this message into a python or batch file? is this possible.

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niketn
Legend

@johnsasikumar you should be creating a Custom Alert Action which can execute your python script. Refer to Splunk documentation: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ModAlertsIntro

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