All Apps and Add-ons

REST API Modular Input: Why are Arabic characters not encoded properly?

toumii
Engager

Hi everyone,

I'm using the REST API Modular Input to get data from a web page (php). The thing is that data is a mix of arabic and french characters. I specified the charset in props.conf, but that data I'm getting is still not correctly encoded. I tried both CP1256 and ISO-8859-6 codes.

Can anyone please help me figure that out?

0 Karma

Friss
New Member

Here's the sourcetype config and the specified encoding :

[ivd]
 pulldown_type = true
 LINE_BREAKER = ([\r\n]*)>
 NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
 DATETIME_CONFIG = CURRENT

[host::GI-PC]
 CHARSET = CP1256

and as you can see in the screenshots the rest api seems to be okay, still the search results are not as they should be.

alt text

alt text

0 Karma

Damien_Dallimor
Ultra Champion

I don't have any issues with arabic charsets.

alt text
alt text

0 Karma

Damien_Dallimor
Ultra Champion

No issues with json either.

alt text
alt text

0 Karma

toumii
Engager

Thank you very much for your respose. I am working with a json response. Do you think this parameter has anything to do with this issue?

0 Karma

Friss
New Member

hey I m facing the same issue i was wondering if you got the solution then maybe you could share 🙂
have a nice one .

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Splunk Observability Cloud’s AI Assistant in Action Series: Analyzing and ...

This is the second post in our Splunk Observability Cloud’s AI Assistant in Action series, in which we look at ...

Elevate Your Organization with Splunk’s Next Platform Evolution

 Thursday, July 10, 2025  |  11AM PDT / 2PM EDT Whether you're managing complex deployments or looking to ...

Splunk Answers Content Calendar, June Edition

Get ready for this week’s post dedicated to Splunk Dashboards! We're celebrating the power of community by ...