Python example fails

[rmarshall]

I know this is probably because I am not a Python expert and I have done something wrong, but when I try to run your Python Example of how to create a search (http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Developer/RESTCreateSearch), I get this:

[root@splunk ~]# python test.py

/opt/splunk/lib/python2.6/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py:47: DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
  import sha
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 4, in 
    import httplib2
  File "/opt/splunk/lib/python2.6/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 47, in 
    import sha
  File "/opt/splunk/lib/python2.6/sha.py", line 10, in 
    from hashlib import sha1 as sha
  File "/opt/splunk/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 136, in 
    md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
  File "/opt/splunk/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 63, in __get_builtin_constructor
    import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5

What am I doing wrong?

[Richfez]

FYI, a similar problem on the Windows platform required running a script C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\apps\TA-uas_parser\bin\update_cache.py as:

%SPLUNK_HOME%\bin\splunk cmd python update_cache.py

or

"%SPLUNK_HOME%"\bin\splunk cmd python update_cache.py

Depending on how you have quoted your splunk_home path.

[gkanapathy · Accepted solution]

You need to set the Splunk environment first. The easiest way is to invoke python using $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd python test.py. You could also do (in bash or sh) source $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/setSplunkEnv, then call python test.py.