Getting Data In

Running a script via a button call

rohithvr19
Loves-to-Learn Everything

Is it possible to execute a script through a button click and display the script's output on a Splunk dashboard? Has anyone implemented something similar before? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, as I am currently stuck on this. Thank you!

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

1. You're posting this one in a "Getting data in" section with "HEC" and "scripted input" labels. Are you sure it's really about getting data into your Splunk?

2. What kind of script are you talking about? A JS code in your browser? A script on the Search Head? Something else?

3. Are you aware of the security implications?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @rohithvr19 ,

as I said in my answer to yourp revious question it's possible, but think to your requirements, because the performance of a script button will be very very low and the better approach isn't the script execution with a button, but a near real time scheduled search, as described in https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Export-Logs-from-Zabbix-to-Splunk-Dashboard-via-API-on...

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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oO0NeoN0Oo
Loves-to-Learn Lots

Hi bud,

Have you tried creating a <p> on the dashboard and telling the script to display it?

<dashboard version="1.1" script="my_js.js">
<label>My JS Output</label>
<row>
<panel>
<html>
<input type="button" value="Submit" id="submitButton" />
<h1>This is my output<h1>
<p id="my_script_output"></p
</html>
</panel>
</row>
</dashboard>

Then your js:

document.getElementById("submitButton").addEventListener("click", output);
function(output() {
let script_output = "This is my Output."
document.getElementById("my_script_output").innerHTML = script_output;
}

Does depend on how complex you want it to be...

Let me know how you get on with this 👍

Regards

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@rohithvr19 

Please check my answer below.

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Can-I-call-a-Python-script-from-a-dashboar...

 

Thanks
KV
An upvote would be appreciated if any of my replies help you solve the problem or gain knowledge.

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