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Getting XML parsing error while connecting to Splunk via java SDK.

chitranjan155
New Member

Hi
PFB code

HttpService.setSslSecurityProtocol( SSLSecurityProtocol.TLSv1_2 );

     ServiceArgs serviceArgs = new ServiceArgs();
     serviceArgs.setHost("mycompanyserver.com");
     serviceArgs.setPort(8089);
     serviceArgs.setUsername("myuser");
     serviceArgs.setPassword("mypasword");


     // Create a Service instance and log in with the argument map
     Service service = Service.connect(serviceArgs);  // throwing error here 

     System.out.println(service.getToken().toString());
     for (Application app : service.getApplications().values()) {
         System.out.println(app.getName());
     }

PFB the error

[Fatal Error] :1:3: The markup in the document preceding the root element must be well-formed.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: The markup in the document preceding the root element must be well-formed.
at com.splunk.Xml.parse(Xml.java:63)
at com.splunk.Xml.parse(Xml.java:40)
at com.splunk.Service.login(Service.java:1125)
at com.splunk.Service.login(Service.java:1103)
at com.splunk.Service.connect(Service.java:189)
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