Splunk Search

Why is remote server returning error: (400) Bad Request trying to run a search macro using C#?

rajakanapala
New Member

I am trying to run a search ( Macro) but I am not able to get past this error "The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request."

Here are my requirements -

1) Run this search ( most efficient way using C#.NET)
2) Get the output in XML
3) And then I would like to parse this XML and store the results in my local database

I am quite new to splunk, any help would be greatly appreciated

I am using C# and I also want to know if there is a better way of doing this

        // connection info
        var connectArgs = new ServiceArgs
        {
            Host = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SplunkHost"],
            Port = Convert.ToInt16(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Port"])
        };

        // Create new Service object
        Service service = new Service(connectArgs);

        // Use the Login method to connect
        service.Login(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Username"], ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Password"]);        

        var mySearch = "`investigate(ipaddress,\"9/11/2014:10:40:0\",\"9/11/2014:10:45:0\",\"\")`";            

        var job = service.GetJobs().Create(mySearch);

        // Wait for the job to finish
        while (!job.IsDone)
        {
            Thread.Sleep(500);
        }

        // Create a UTF-8 encoding
        UTF8Encoding utf8 = new UTF8Encoding();

        // Display results
        var results = job.Results();
        String line = null;
        System.Console.WriteLine("Results from the search job as XML:\n");
        StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(results, utf8);
        while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
        {
            Response.Write(line);
        }

        sr.Close();
Tags (4)
0 Karma

ma7859
Explorer

I got the solution.
We need to pass our splunk search starting with search .
Hope this helps someone.

0 Karma

ma7859
Explorer

Even i am also facing the same issue. Any updates ?

0 Karma

rajakanapala
New Member

Update: - I have looked at the examples provided in the SDK but those are all console app related

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Index This | What goes away as soon as you talk about it?

May 2025 Edition Hayyy Splunk Education Enthusiasts and the Eternally Curious!  We’re back with this month’s ...

What's New in Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics - May 2025

This month, we’re delivering several new innovations in Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics ...

Getting Started with Splunk Artificial Intelligence, Insights for Nonprofits, and ...

Splunk Lantern is a Splunk customer success center that provides advice from Splunk experts on valuable data ...