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Splunk rest command: Is it possible to generate a POST request instead of GET?

lukasz92
Communicator

Hi,

I need to use Splunk rest command in search - but I wish to generate a POST request instead of GET. Is it possible?

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dominiquevocat
SplunkTrust
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somesoni2
Revered Legend

You probably need to write custom search commands as wrapper on REST POST command (e.g. curl).

lukasz92
Communicator

I think I will do it as you wrote,

Thank you

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