Taylor Cole's Blog Posts

Taylor Cole is a Technical Writer at Splunk. She has been working on documentation for the Splunk Developer Program since 2017.

Store Encrypted Secrets in a Splunk App
Tips & Tricks
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Store Encrypted Secrets in a Splunk App

Does your Splunk app integrate with a third-party service or API? If so, that service might require your app’s users to authenticate using a secret.
Enable First-Run App Configuration With Setup Pages
Tips & Tricks
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Enable First-Run App Configuration With Setup Pages

Does your Splunk app require user-provided configurations to run? If so, you can use a setup page to collect and store this information
.conf20 Session Q&A: Your Custom Search Command Questions Answered
.conf & .conf Go
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.conf20 Session Q&A: Your Custom Search Command Questions Answered

More information and answers to the great questions about Custom Search Commands from session DEV1262 presented at .conf20.
Extend Your Splunk App with Custom REST Endpoints
Tips & Tricks
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Extend Your Splunk App with Custom REST Endpoints

Two great uses for custom REST endpoints which are developer-defined endpoints that lets you build out the Splunk REST API to meet your specific needs.