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Can i use REST API of Splunk itself in Splunk?

kartik13
Communicator

I am trying to make a custom dashboard as Splunk dashboard using a third party framework. I am trying to connect to splunk through REST API ,but during ajax call its giving me Request header field Access-Control-All-Headers is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Headers. error.My server.conf config are as follows

    [sslConfig]
sslKeysfilePassword = $1$0RQz5YVamCN2
enableSplunkdSSL = false
[general]
pass4SymmKey = $1$hlhnucAc03F2
serverName = KARTIKES-WS01

[lmpool:auto_generated_pool_download-trial]
description = auto_generated_pool_download-trial
quota = MAX
slaves = *
stack_id = download-trial

[lmpool:auto_generated_pool_forwarder]
description = auto_generated_pool_forwarder
quota = MAX
slaves = *
stack_id = forwarder

[lmpool:auto_generated_pool_free]
description = auto_generated_pool_free
quota = MAX
slaves = *
stack_id = free

[lmpool:auto_generated_pool_enterprise]
description = auto_generated_pool_enterprise
quota = MAX
slaves = *
stack_id = enterprise

[license]
active_group = Free

[httpServer]
crossOriginSharingPolicy = *
allowBasicAuth = false

[general]
listenOnIPv6 = yes

and my ajax request is

$.ajax({
                url:"http://localhost:9080/services/search/jobs/export",
                type:"POST",
                dataType:"json",

                data:JSON.stringify(somedata),
                headers:{
                "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" : "*",
                "Access-Control-Allow-Methods" : "GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS",
                "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "Content-Type, Access-Control-Allow-Headers, Authorization, X-Requested-With"

                },
                crossDomain: true,
             contentType:"application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
                success:function(data){
                    console.log("Data is loaded" + data);
                    },
                error:function(){
                    console.log("Something went Wrong");
                }

      });

So , Can i use REST API in SPlunk itself? Any idea on this?

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1 Solution

lguinn2
Legend

Yes, you can run REST API commands in the Splunk search UI. Here is an app that shows examples of exactly how to do it:
REST Endpoint Examples

Download the app and try it out, then look at the implementation to see how they did it!

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jaredlaney
Contributor

Is the error referring to this?

"Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "Content-Type, Access-Control-Allow-Headers, Authorization, X-Requested-With"

where you're using Access-Control-Allow-Headers in the variable Access-Control-Allow-Headers?

kartik13
Communicator

yes it was refering to that .I found the solution RESTAPI of Spluk accepts only the Content-Type in headers with following details:

"Content-Type":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8"

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lguinn2
Legend

Yes, you can run REST API commands in the Splunk search UI. Here is an app that shows examples of exactly how to do it:
REST Endpoint Examples

Download the app and try it out, then look at the implementation to see how they did it!

kartik13
Communicator

Thanks .. I found the solution

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