Can I email a pdf on demand?

[matt]

The sendemail.py script seems to want to support the sending of pdfs, but I can't trick it into actually delivering one from the command line. I have tried:

sourcetype=syslog startminutesago=5 | sendemail to="foo@example.com" sendpdf=1 sendresults=1 pdfview=1

and various other incantations of the same with no luck. The PDF server works fine with dashboards and saved searches.

Inside of the email that sendemail.py sends is this statement:

An error occurred while generating a PDF of this report: Can't attach PDF - either ssLink or sessionKey unavailable

[markbarber21]

See https://answers.splunk.com/answers/223655/can-i-export-pdf-via-rest.html

[kalitbri]

+1, I would be happy to see this feature available too.

[bfaber]

This would be a great feature to have. I can't seem to get it working either.

[jrodman · Accepted solution]

I suspect the the actual pdf generation step is missing here. sendemail's only responsibility is to mail out the pdf.

I do not think the action to fire the pdf generator is exposed to the search language at this time.