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Splunk cannot correctly parse and ingest json event data

hunters_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee
‎05-30-2016 10:56 AM

Splunk cannot correctly parse and ingest the following json event data. I have tried all the line break settings but no luck. Thanks in advance for the help. 

{
  "batchcomplete": "",
  "continue": {
    "lecontinue": "20160516100036|18",
    "continue": "-||"
  },
  "query": {
    "logevents": [
      {
        "logid": 28,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext",
        "pageid": 7,
        "logpage": 7,
        "params": {
          "curid": 29,
          "previd": 28,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
         "timestamp": "2016-05-17T13:48:51Z",
        "comment": ""
       },
      {
        "logid": 27,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext",
        "pageid": 7,
        "logpage": 7,
        "params": {
          "curid": 28,
          "previd": 25,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-17T13:47:30Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 26,
        "ns": 10,
        "title": "Template:Thank You",
        "pageid": 12,
        "logpage": 12,
        "params": {
          "curid": 27,
          "previd": 0,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-17T13:45:04Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 25,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext/Table",
        "pageid": 11,
        "logpage": 7,
        "params": {
          "target_ns": 0,
          "target_title": "Wikitext"
        },
        "type": "move",
        "action": "move_redir",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:38:06Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 24,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext",
        "pageid": 7,
        "logpage": 7,
        "params": {
          "target_ns": 0,
          "target_title": "Wikitext/Table"
        },
        "type": "move",
        "action": "move",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:37:49Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 23,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext/Tables",
        "pageid": 9,
        "logpage": 9,
        "params": {
          "curid": 22,
          "previd": 0,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:31:36Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 22,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext",
        "pageid": 7,
        "logpage": 7,
        "params": {
          "curid": 21,
          "previd": 19,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:18:38Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 21,
        "ns": 10,
        "title": "Template:Test",
        "pageid": 0,
        "logpage": 8,
        "params": {},
        "type": "delete",
        "action": "delete",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:16:40Z",
        "comment": "content was: \"test\" (and the only contributor was \"[[Special:Contributions/JohnDoe|JohnDoe]]\")"
      },
      {
        "logid": 20,
        "ns": 10,
        "title": "Template:Test",
        "pageid": 0,
        "logpage": 8,
        "params": {
          "curid": 20,
          "previd": 0,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:15:13Z",
        "comment": ""
      },
      {
        "logid": 19,
        "ns": 0,
        "title": "Wikitext",
        "pageid": 7,
        "logpage": 7,
        "params": {
          "curid": 19,
          "previd": 18,
          "auto": ""
        },
        "type": "patrol",
        "action": "patrol",
        "user": "JohnDoe",
        "timestamp": "2016-05-16T10:14:55Z",
        "comment": ""
      }
    ]
  }
}
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woodcock
Esteemed Legend
‎05-31-2016 05:43 AM

Just pass it as-is to spath, like this:

|noop|stats count as _raw| eval _raw="{
   \"batchcomplete\": \"\",
   \"continue\": {
     \"lecontinue\": \"20160516100036|18\",
     \"continue\": \"-||\"
   },
   \"query\": {
     \"logevents\": [
       {
         \"logid\": 28,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext\",
         \"pageid\": 7,
         \"logpage\": 7,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 29,
           \"previd\": 28,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
          \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-17T13:48:51Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 27,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext\",
         \"pageid\": 7,
         \"logpage\": 7,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 28,
           \"previd\": 25,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-17T13:47:30Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 26,
         \"ns\": 10,
         \"title\": \"Template:Thank You\",
         \"pageid\": 12,
         \"logpage\": 12,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 27,
           \"previd\": 0,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-17T13:45:04Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 25,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext/Table\",
         \"pageid\": 11,
         \"logpage\": 7,
         \"params\": {
           \"target_ns\": 0,
           \"target_title\": \"Wikitext\"
         },
         \"type\": \"move\",
         \"action\": \"move_redir\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:38:06Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 24,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext\",
         \"pageid\": 7,
         \"logpage\": 7,
         \"params\": {
           \"target_ns\": 0,
           \"target_title\": \"Wikitext/Table\"
         },
         \"type\": \"move\",
         \"action\": \"move\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:37:49Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 23,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext/Tables\",
         \"pageid\": 9,
         \"logpage\": 9,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 22,
           \"previd\": 0,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:31:36Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 22,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext\",
         \"pageid\": 7,
         \"logpage\": 7,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 21,
           \"previd\": 19,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:18:38Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 21,
         \"ns\": 10,
         \"title\": \"Template:Test\",
         \"pageid\": 0,
         \"logpage\": 8,
         \"params\": {},
         \"type\": \"delete\",
         \"action\": \"delete\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:16:40Z\",
         \"comment\": \"content was: \\\"test\\\" (and the only contributor was \\\"[[Special:Contributions/JohnDoe|JohnDoe]]\\\")\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 20,
         \"ns\": 10,
         \"title\": \"Template:Test\",
         \"pageid\": 0,
         \"logpage\": 8,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 20,
           \"previd\": 0,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:15:13Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       },
       {
         \"logid\": 19,
         \"ns\": 0,
         \"title\": \"Wikitext\",
         \"pageid\": 7,
         \"logpage\": 7,
         \"params\": {
           \"curid\": 19,
           \"previd\": 18,
           \"auto\": \"\"
         },
         \"type\": \"patrol\",
         \"action\": \"patrol\",
         \"user\": \"JohnDoe\",
         \"timestamp\": \"2016-05-16T10:14:55Z\",
         \"comment\": \"\"
       }
     ]
   }
 }"
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ryanoconnor
Builder
‎05-30-2016 04:17 PM

This looks like valid JSON according to http://jsonlint.com/

Have you tried setting up a props.conf file with the following:

[your_sourcetype_name_here]
KV_MODE = json
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