Javascript SDK Normal Search: Use return instead of console.log

[mginsbu]

Hi,

I have used the Search_normal.js example that runs a normal search, prints the job statistics and search results. How do I return the search results (instead of logging to console) so that I can pass the result data into another js file?

The code:

var splunkjs = require('splunk-sdk');
var Async  = splunkjs.Async;

exports.main = function(opts, callback) {
    opts = opts || {};
    
    var username = opts.username    || "*******";
    var password = opts.password    || "********";
    var scheme   = opts.scheme      || "https";
    var host     = opts.host        || "localhost";
    var port     = opts.port        || "8089";
    var version  = opts.version     || "default";
    
    var service = new splunkjs.Service({
        username: username,
        password: password,
        scheme: scheme,
        host: host,
        port: port,
        version: version
    });

    Async.chain([
            // Login
            function(done) {
                service.login(done);
            },
            // Perform the search
            function(success, done) {
                if (!success) {
                    done("Error logging in");
                }
                
                service.search("search index=cog-censor-allow", {}, done);
            },
            // Wait until the job is done
            function(job, done) {
                job.track({}, function(job) {
                    // Ask the server for the results
                    job.results({}, done);
                });
            },
            // Print out the statistics and get the results
            function(results, job, done) {
                // Print out the statistics
                /*console.log("Job Statistics: ");
                console.log("  Event Count: " + job.properties().eventCount);
                console.log("  Disk Usage: " + job.properties().diskUsage + " bytes");
                console.log("  Priority: " + job.properties().priority);*/

                // Find the index of the fields we want
                var rawIndex = results.fields.indexOf("_raw");
                var sourcetypeIndex = results.fields.indexOf("sourcetype");
                var userIndex = results.fields.indexOf("user");
                
                // Print out each result and the key-value pairs we want
                console.log("Results: ");
                for(var i = 0; i < results.rows.length; i++) {
                    console.log("  Result " + i + ": ");
                    console.log("    sourcetype: " + results.rows[i][sourcetypeIndex]);
                    console.log("    user: " + results.rows[i][userIndex]);
                    console.log("    _raw: " + results.rows[i][rawIndex]);

                }
                
                job.cancel(done);
            }
        ],
        function(err) {
            callback(err);        
        }
    );
};

if (module === require.main) {
    exports.main({}, function() {});
}

My example code is located in the /splunk-sdk-javascript/examples/node directory. https://dev.splunk.com/enterprise/docs/javascript/sdk-javascript/sdkjavascriptexamples/cmdlinedkjava...

[ccmoeaung]

HI mginsbu,

Did u got the right answer. I am also encounter like this problem. How did u solve ,can you please elaborate  that ?
Thanks

[Salah2019]

Hi, I am also interested, Did any one figure it out?