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Are there any changes to the HTTP Event Collector (HEC) updates since 6.3?

spammenot66
Contributor

Has there been any changes to the HEC since its initial release in 2015 as part of Splunk 6.3? If so, are there any release notes around this Splunk functionality between version?

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jtacy
Builder

Yes, there have been some notable changes including the addition of Basic authentication and "raw" parsing where you don't have to send JSON. This page details the new features:
http://dev.splunk.com/view/event-collector/SP-CAAAE8Y

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jtacy
Builder

Yes, there have been some notable changes including the addition of Basic authentication and "raw" parsing where you don't have to send JSON. This page details the new features:
http://dev.splunk.com/view/event-collector/SP-CAAAE8Y

spammenot66
Contributor

@jtacy Thank you very much for the info!

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