{"id":5722,"date":"2018-05-25T13:08:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garysieling.com\/blog\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2018-05-25T13:08:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:08:37","slug":"send-json-data-splunk-cloud-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garysieling.com\/blog\/send-json-data-splunk-cloud-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Send JSON data to Splunk Cloud with Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to send data to Splunk Cloud with HTTP, you should set up an <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.splunk.com\/Documentation\/Splunk\/7.1.1\/Data\/UsetheHTTPEventCollector\">event collector<\/a>. When you do this, save the auth token they give you. The URL you connect to is your Splunk cloud name, with &#8220;input-&#8221; pre-pended (e.g. input-prd-p-v12345.cloud.splunk.com), using port 8088.<\/p>\n<p>To build the HTTP request in python, first set up the request, using the token they give you in the authorization header. 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