How to add token input to setup.xml?

[sergiyyarinovsk]

Hi.

I want to create small app for Splunk Enterprise which gets data from a third part API, using a token. That means the customer should be able to input the token for this app. I use setup.xml to have the ability to save customer data. Tried this solution from docs:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.1/Developer/SetupExampleCustom , but it doesn't work. Also I've used this solution https://answers.splunk.com/answers/105339/how-do-i-allow-users-to-edit-credentials-using-the-setup-s...

<setup>
   <block title="Thread Bare Credential" endpoint="storage/passwords" entity="tedward*" mode="iter" eai_strict="false">
     <input field="password">
       <label>Password for $username$</label>
       <type>password</type>
     </input>
   </block>
  </setup>

But I don't know how to create credentials for the first time because Wplunk requires existing creds for tedward. Any suggestion what can I do? Maybe some other way than setup.xml

Thanks

[sergiyyarinovsk · Accepted solution]

Ok. So solution for now is:

setup.xml:

<setup>
  <block title="" endpoint="admin/conf-inputs" entity="API token">
    <input field="token">
      <label>API token</label>
      <type>text</type>
    </input>
  </block>
</setup>

myapp/default/inputs.conf:

 ...
[API token]
token =

As result:
myapp/local/inputs.conf:

[API token]
disabled = 0
token = 937-99-92

Looks like it does what I need, so I stop on this one.

[ChrisG]

What version of Splunk Enterprise are you using? Your doc link is from 4.3, which has reached end of life.

[sergiyyarinovsk]

I am using 6.3. But docs are identical for both versions: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.0/AdvancedDev/SetupExampleCustom
Weird that it does not work from doc 😞 And error is:

2015-10-15 12:15:31,508 DEBUG   [561f6eb2f1107002f90] _cplogging:55 - [15/Oct/2015:12:15:31] HTTP Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cherrypy/_cprequest.py", line 606, in respond
    cherrypy.response.body = self.handler()
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpdispatch.py", line 25, in __call__
    return self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/routes.py", line 366, in default
    return route.target(self, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 38, in rundecs
    return fn(*a, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 118, in check
    return fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 167, in validate_ip
    return fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 335, in preform_sso_check
    return fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 387, in check_login
    return fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 407, in handle_exceptions
    return fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 462, in apply_cache_headers
    response = fn(self, *a, **kw)
  File "/Applications/Splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/controllers/admin.py", line 1567, in listEntities
    self.flattenElements(uiHelper['elements'], uiHelper_elements)
KeyError: 'elements'