Authentication error while running python script with office365 module.

[darljed]

Hi guys,

Need help. I am trying to create a custom python script with has a dependecy on office365 (https://github.com/vgrem/Office365-REST-Python-Client) module. The script was creating REST API calls to SharePoint to update, delete, add items to it. I am using client ID and client secret as Credentials to access SharePoint. The script will be triggered by a Scheduled Search.

I placed the file on $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/<appname>/bin/ both the script and the office365 folder.

When I try to run the script using python scriptName.py on that directory, It is working fine so I expected that It will work the same when the script was triggered from Splunk. But no. I am getting authentication error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sharepoint_fetch_data.py", line 100, in <module>
    print ("ingestion error: {0}".format(ctx_auth.get_last_error()))
  File "/opt/splunk/etc/apps/sharepoint_connector/bin/office365/runtime/auth/authentication_context.py", line 37, in get_last_error
    return self.provider.get_last_error()
AttributeError: 'ACSTokenProvider' object has no attribute 'get_last_error'

Which I am not getting when I run It using python scriptName.py only.

I also tried to run the script using $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd python scriptName.py and the errors were the same. It seems that I am getting the error when running it with Splunk's python. Like blocking the connection or something... I don't know.

Did I missed to do or configure something ? Please help me. Thanks in advance!!

[darljed]

I got the fix now 🙂
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/2821/python-scripted-inputs-run-with-the-wrong-version-of-python-...

So I just need to create a shell script to trigger my python script.

[DavidHourani · Accepted solution]

Hi @darljed,

It seems like the Splunk Python could be missing some of the functions used by that script. Try updating your script to make it use the system's python :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3108285/in-python-script-how-do-i-set-pythonpath
This should solve your problem.

PS: This could also be because you're running the script as root and Splunk is running it as the Splunk user ?

Cheers,
David

[darljed]

I guess you're right about Splunk's python could be missing something... I also tried setting up sys.path but still it will use Splunk's Python.

[darljed]

Thanks Anyway 🙂

[DavidHourani]

You're welcome. I also checked the git repository you linked. It seems that get_last_error is in office365/runtime/auth/authentication_context.py did you grab the entire repository or just the files you need ? Could be a good idea to import the whole thing and try it out with all the code there.

[darljed]

Yes, I downloaded Everything and Imported the needed resources. It was actually working when running outside Splunk so It means that there are no problem with the package.

But luckily, I got the fix now 🙂

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/2821/python-scripted-inputs-run-with-the-wrong-version-of-python-...

I just need to create a shell script to trigger my python script from outside Splunk's Python..

[DavidHourani]

Awesome ! 🙂