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What is the CLI command to generate input definition for testing modular inputs?

curtisb1024
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I know there is a CLI command to generate an Input Definition for testing Modular Inputs, but I cannot seem to find any docs on it. I've searched through the SDKs, online, and nothing in the CLI help stands out. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

The input definition would look something like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
    <input xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
      <server_host>tiny</server_host>
      <server_uri>https://127.0.0.1:8089</server_uri>
      <checkpoint_dir>/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/modinputs</checkpoint_dir>
      <session_key>123102983109283019283</session_key>
      <configuration>
        <stanza name="foobar://aaa">
          <param name="param1">value1</param>
          <param name="param2">value2</param>
          <param name="disabled">0</param>
          <param name="index">default</param>
        </stanza>
        <stanza name="foobar://bbb">
          <param name="param1">value11</param>
          <param name="param2">value22</param>
          <param name="disabled">0</param>
          <param name="index">default</param>
          <param_list name="multiValue">
            <value>value1</value>
            <value>value2</value>
          </param_list>
          <param_list name="multiValue2">
            <value>value3</value>
            <value>value4</value>
          </param_list>
        </stanza>
      </configuration>
    </input>
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Damien_Dallimor
Ultra Champion

Example using a twitter stanza :

splunk cmd splunkd print-modinput-config twitter twitter://SplunkTwitter | splunk cmd python $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/twitter/bin/twitter.py
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igor
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

There is this docs page which may have what you are looking for:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1.4/AdvancedDev/ModInputsDevTools

From there you can also browse other modular inputs docs related pages, such as this one, which may be of interest: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1.4/AdvancedDev/ModInputsSpec .

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