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Creating operacional intelligence in xml file.

dfigurello
Communicator

Hey guys,

I am writing a script to colect data from social media and generate a XML file. I would like to index theses data into Splunk for operacional intelligence. The section of file is below:

  <posts>
  <post>
    <id>112820708797552_683839761695641</id>
    <created_time>2014-05-29T13:59:42+0000</created_time>
    <link>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=683839435029007&amp;set=a.128321133914176.33759.112820708797552&amp;type=1&amp;relevant_count=1</link>
    <updated_time>2014-05-29T17:17:41+0000</updated_time>
    <message>#EuSouGV</message>
    <picture>https://fbcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t1.0-0/10169278_683839435029007_2198735282545424462_s.jpg</picture>
    <share_count>453</share_count>
    <likes>
      <like>
        <id>10201494776325765</id>
        <name>Alan Pereira</name>
      </like>
      <like>
        <id>306388969523820</id>
        <name>Brenda Caroline Da Costa Araujo</name>
      </like>
      <like>
        <id>545806832196917</id>
        <name>Nilson Henrique Dias</name>
      </like>
      <like>
        <id>248400922029354</id>
        <name>Priscila Vieira Oliveira</name>
      </like>
    <comments>
      <comment>
        <id>683839435029007_683840308362253</id>
        <message>Quebra de paradigmas! hahaha</message>
        <created_time>2014-05-29T14:00:22+0000</created_time>
        <like_count>33</like_count>
        <from>
          <id>714740528584304</id>
          <name>Gabriel Vinicius Cardoso Rodrigues</name>
        </from>
      </comment>
      <comment>
        <id>683839435029007_683841071695510</id>
        <message>Isso ai, coisas inúteis que a sociedade coloca em nosso subconsciente para nos limitar, podemos muito mais!</message>
        <created_time>2014-05-29T14:02:32+0000</created_time>
        <like_count>24</like_count>
        <from>
          <id>631984613554612</id>
          <name>Alberto Gomes</name>
        </from>
      </comment>
      <comment>
        <id>683839435029007_683846898361594</id>
        <message>De fato! Quanto mais conseguirmos colocar na mão, mas bem sucedido seremos. Obrigado pela frase que como o Gabriel disse, quebra paradigmas.</message>
        <created_time>2014-05-29T14:18:23+0000</created_time>
        <like_count>4</like_count>
        <from>
          <id>798637020148028</id>
          <name>Kevin Couto</name>
        </from>
      </comment>
      <comment>
        <id>683839435029007_683845468361737</id>
        <message></message>
        <created_time>2014-05-29T14:14:19+0000</created_time>
        <like_count>4</like_count>
        <from>
          <id>689198677800564</id>
          <name>Daniel De Jesus Ribeiro</name>
        </from>
      </comment>
      <comment>
        <id>683839435029007_683904491689168</id>
        <message>Mais vale um pássaro na mão do que dois voando = pensamento de perdedor. O país não vai pra frente por esse tipo de pensamento, conformismo e comodidade, a maioria das pessoas adora isso, por esse motivo poucos tem um lugar ao sol.</message>
        <created_time>2014-05-29T16:23:57+0000</created_time>
        <like_count>3</like_count>
        <from>
          <id>579827312133498</id>
          <name>Luana Minatti</name>
        </from>
(...)

</comment>
     </post>
</posts>

Please, I need a help creating props.conf file. I don't have much experience with regex. My goal is to create a social media analytics.

Thank you very much,

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

This can give a start.

Props.conf

[facebook]
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE = \<posts\>
KV_MODE = xml
NO_BINARY_CHECK = 1
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true
pulldown_type = 1
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