Splunk Dev

How to read Ajax passed data in Python?

kasu_praveen
Communicator

Hi,

How to read Ajax passed data in .py file? Below are my code snippets from Splunk view, web.conf and .py file.
Looking for code snippet in How to read ajax passed data here????? section of my .py file

JavaScript:

        function callScript(){
            $.ajax({
                  type: "POST",
                  url: "/custom/MyApp/my_script/my_endpoint",
                  data: {'name': 'ABC'},
                  success: function(data) {
                      console.log("success returned");
                      console.log(data);
                  }
            });
        }       
        callScript();

web.conf

[endpoint:my_script]

my_script.py

import logging
import cherrypy
import splunk.appserver.mrsparkle.controllers as controllers
from splunk.appserver.mrsparkle.lib.util import make_splunkhome_path
from splunk.appserver.mrsparkle.lib.decorators import expose_page

_APPNAME = 'MyApp'
def setup_logger(level):
 logger = logging.getLogger('splunk.appserver.%s.controllers.my_script' % _APPNAME)
 logger.propagate = False  # Prevent the log messages from being duplicated in the python.log file
 logger.setLevel(level)
 file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
     make_splunkhome_path(['var', 'log', 'splunk', 'my_script_controller.log']), maxBytes=25000000, backupCount=5)
 formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
 file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
 logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 return logger
logger = setup_logger(logging.DEBUG)

class my_script(controllers.BaseController):
 @expose_page(must_login=True)
 def my_endpoint(self, **kwargs):
  cherrypy.response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain'
<<<<<<How to read ajax passed data here?????>>>>>>>
  return "Return text from Python code"
Tags (3)
0 Karma
1 Solution

kasu_praveen
Communicator

I got solution on my own. logger.debug(kwargs['name']) works for me.

View solution in original post

0 Karma

kasu_praveen
Communicator

I got solution on my own. logger.debug(kwargs['name']) works for me.

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Prove Your Splunk Prowess at .conf25—No Prereqs Required!

Your Next Big Security Credential: No Prerequisites Needed We know you’ve got the skills, and now, earning the ...

Splunk Observability Cloud's AI Assistant in Action Series: Observability as Code

This is the sixth post in the Splunk Observability Cloud’s AI Assistant in Action series that digs into how to ...

Splunk Answers Content Calendar, July Edition I

Hello Community! Welcome to another month of Community Content Calendar series! For the month of July, we will ...