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Pass JSON or XML as parameters to custom Python script via Splunk REST API

highsplunker
Contributor

Hey guys,
How to
Pass JSON or XML as parameters to custom Python script via Splunk REST API ?

Example:
I use REST API like this
curl -ku MyUser:MyPwd https://MyServer:8089/services/search/jobs/export?output_mode=json -d search=' | MyScript param1 param2 '

What if I want these parameters
param1 ="JonSnow"
param1 ="[{\"name\":\"Ned\",\"house\":\"Stark\"}]

Version 6.5.2 or 7+ of Splunk.

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highsplunker
Contributor

Hey guys,

Solved long time ago. This is standart: passing smth like JSON thru REST API is just passing a string parameter for a custom Python script (when calling via REST API a search like " | myScript arg1=\"aaa\" arg2=\"bbb\" "

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highsplunker
Contributor

Hey guys,

Solved long time ago. This is standart: passing smth like JSON thru REST API is just passing a string parameter for a custom Python script (when calling via REST API a search like " | myScript arg1=\"aaa\" arg2=\"bbb\" "

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arjunpkishore5
Motivator

Could you provide more clarity on this? Are you trying to implement a custom REST endpoint?

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highsplunker
Contributor

Hi, I've updated the question. Please take a look.

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arjunpkishore5
Motivator

Still doesn't make sense. Is you script hosted as a custom REST Endpoint ?

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highsplunker
Contributor

It's just a custom script on my server that runs several Splunk searches. I want to pass not only alphanumeric parameters, but a json package to my searches to be used in alerting rules.

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