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Extract xml

vasanthmss
Motivator

Hi Splunkers,

I would like to extract the following xml while indexing..

fields:

host=0.0.0.1
source=mysource
sourcetype=mysourcetype
name=vasu
address=us

xml:

<customvalues>
    <customvalue>
        <name>host</name>
        <value>0.0.0.1</value>      
    </customvalue>
    <customvalue>
        <name>source</name>
        <value>mysource</value>     
    </customvalue>
    <customvalue>
        <name>sourcetype</name>
        <value>mysourcetype</value>     
    </customvalue>
    <customvalue>
        <name>name</name>
        <value>vasu</value>     
    </customvalue>
    <customvalue>
        <name>address</name>
        <value>US</value>       
    </customvalue>
</customvalues>
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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You could set this in props.conf for that sourcetype:

SEDCMD-foo = s/(?s).*?<name>([^<]+).*?<value>([^<]+)(\s*<\/[^>]+>)*/\1="\2" /g

That'll turn your event into this at index time:

host="0.0.0.1" source="mysource" sourcetype="mysourcetype" name="vasu" address="US" 

Note, this will not set Splunk's metadata fields host, source, sourcetype automatically - that requires a bit more rewriting in transforms.conf if that's what you're after.

Note, your closing tags aren't valid XML... also, this kind of data structure sucks to work with.

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splunker12er
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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You could set this in props.conf for that sourcetype:

SEDCMD-foo = s/(?s).*?<name>([^<]+).*?<value>([^<]+)(\s*<\/[^>]+>)*/\1="\2" /g

That'll turn your event into this at index time:

host="0.0.0.1" source="mysource" sourcetype="mysourcetype" name="vasu" address="US" 

Note, this will not set Splunk's metadata fields host, source, sourcetype automatically - that requires a bit more rewriting in transforms.conf if that's what you're after.

Note, your closing tags aren't valid XML... also, this kind of data structure sucks to work with.

vasanthmss
Motivator

Thanks Martin_Muller,

actually its my mistake, now changed the question with proper tags,I will give a try and update it.

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