Getting Data In

SOAP API data input - Maintaining Auth

ctripod
Explorer

I have a user who has a SOAP API they would like to collect data from and Index. I can authenticate to the SOAP API using normal HTTP digest authentication with username and password. The authentication generates a token "" in the Response XML. The token has a timeout of 30 minutes. After 30 minutes I have to call the AuthService URI again to get a new token.

My question is this. How can I pass the XML authToken from the first XML response into other data inputs? I have other Data Inputs that actually pull data from the API that need the refresh of the auth token in their POST body.

One last note. I'm using the "REST API Modular input" on Splunkbase to get the Auth request working. But I'm open to other routes.

Any Tips or Tricks? The API is pretty old and doesn't have a REST equivalent.

Thanks!

Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Quantify Your Splunk Investment Impact: Introducing Savings Metrics to Value Insights

Building on the foundation established in our initial Value Insights releases, we are introducing the Savings ...

Event Series: Telemetry Pipeline Management

Balancing Scale and Spend: Gaining Control Over High-Volume Metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud As ...

Kick the Tires Before You Commit: A Hands-On Tour of the Splunk Observability Cloud ...

Evaluating an enterprise observability platform usually goes like this: fill out a form, get a free trial with ...