Getting Data In

transforms.conf

shangshin
Builder
[my_fields]
REGEX = ^[[nspaces:clientip]]\s++[[nspaces:ident]]\s++[[nspaces:user_id]]\s++[[sbstring:req_time]]\s++[[qstring:method_url_protocol]]\s++[[nspaces:status]]\s++[[nspaces:bytes]]\s++[[qstring:referer_url]]\s++[[qstring:useragent]]

[method_url_protocol]
DELIMS = " "
FIELDS = method, url, protocol

Hi,
I define these 2 stanzas above in transforms.conf and expect to extract some info from web access log. As you can see the sample quoted string below, it contains 3 fields. However, these 3 fields are not extracted our successsfully. Can you shed some light on it?

"POST /amazon.com/view.do HTTP/1.1"

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jpmasseria
Engager

Try using [[access-request]] to extract method,uri and version.

Below is what I used and it worked for me.

REGEX =
^[[nspaces:clientip]]\s++[[nspaces:ident]]\s++[[nspaces:user_id]]\s++[[sbstring:req_time]]\s++[[access-request]]\s++[[nspaces:status]]\s++[[nspaces:bytes]]\s++[[qstring:referer_url]]\s++[[qstring:useragent]]\s++[[qstring:someurl]]\s++[[nspaces:response_time]]

richprescott
Path Finder

I think Ayn is referring to adding the regex as follows in props.conf.


[access_log_reg]
NO_BINARY_CHECK = 1
pulldown_type = 1
REPORT-myfields = my_fields,method_url_protocol

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Ayn
Legend

This is why I'm asking if you're actually referring to that transform from props.conf. If you just setup the transform but don't refer to it anywhere, it won't ever be applied.

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shangshin
Builder

here is the complete sample roq in web access log
10.39.208.2 - clinet_user_id [29/May/2012:14:04:10 -0400] "POST /amazon.com/view.do HTTP/1.1" 200 1214 "google.com" "Java/1.5.0_06"

As you can, the field of method, url and protocol can be extracted out as a single value using the first stanza (my_fields). However, the second stanza (method_url_protocol) is unable to parse the value. I guess I didn't set it up properly...

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Ayn
Legend

What about the method_url_protocol transform? That's the one that, if configured properly, would do the work.

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shangshin
Builder

yes, that's right. In props.conf,

[access_log_reg]
NO_BINARY_CHECK = 1
pulldown_type = 1
REPORT-myfields = my_fields

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Ayn
Legend

Are you referring to these transforms in props.conf?

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