- Free Courses
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Learning Paths
- Courses for Users
- Courses for Splunk Administrators
- Courses for Splunk Cloud Customers
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Courses for Splunk Architects
- Overview
- Splunk Fundamentals 1
- Splunk Fundamentals 2
- Advanced Searching and Reporting
- Splunk Enterprise System Administration
- Splunk Enterprise Data Administration
- Troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Cluster Administration
- Advanced Dashboards and Visualizations
- Architecting Splunk Enterprise Deployments
- Courses for App Developers
- Courses for Enterprise Security Administrators
- Courses for Enterprise Security End-Users
- Courses for IT Service Intelligence Administrators
- Courses for IT Service Intelligence End-Users
- Courses for Phantom Customers
- Certification Tracks
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Courses
- Splunk Fundamentals 1
- Splunk Fundamentals 2
- Splunk Fundamentals 3
- Advanced Searching and Reporting
- Creating Dashboards with Splunk
- Advanced Dashboards and Visualizations
- Building Splunk Apps
- Splunk for Analytics and Data Science
- Splunk Infrastructure Overview
- Splunk Enterprise System Administration
- Splunk Enterprise Data Administration
- Troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Enterprise Cluster Administration
- Splunk Cloud Administration
- Architecting Splunk Enterprise Deployments
- Splunk Enterprise Practical Lab
- Developing with Splunk's REST API
- Administering Splunk Enterprise Security
- Using Splunk Enterprise Security
- Implementing Splunk IT Service Intelligence
- Using Splunk IT Service Intelligence
- Splunk User Behavior Analytics
- Introduction to Phantom
- Developing Phantom Playbooks
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Videos
- All Videos
- Splunk Cloud Tutorial
- Installing Splunk Enterprise 6 on Linux
- Installing Splunk Enterprise 6 on Windows
- Getting Data In to Splunk Enterprise (Linux)
- Getting Data In (Windows)
- Getting Data In with Forwarders
- Basic Search in Splunk Enterprise 6.3
- Create a Dashboard in Splunk Enterprise
- Using the Splunk MINT SDK for Android
- Using the Splunk MINT SDK for iOS
- Basic Search in Splunk Light
- Create Reports in Splunk Light
- Create Dashboards in Splunk Light
- Create Alerts in Splunk Light
- Splunk Certification Candidate Journey
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- Certification Exams
- Program Guide + FAQ
- Download Fact Sheet
Course Description
This nine hour course teaches you to use the Splunk REST API to accomplish tasks on a Splunk server. In this course, you will use curl and Python to send requests to Splunk REST endpoints and will learn how to parse the results. The course will show you how to create a variety of objects in Splunk, how to work with and apply security to Splunk objects, issue different types of searches, and ingest data.
Instructor-led Training Schedule
- Introduction to the Splunk REST API
- Namespaces and Object Management
- Parsing Output
- Oneshot Searching
- Normal and Export Searching
- Advanced Searching and Job Management
- Working with Indexes
- Using the HTTP Event Collector
- Use the proper case in searches
- Introduce the Splunk development environment and its REST endpoints
- Know to which Splunk server you should be connected to accomplish a desired task
- Authenticate with a Splunk server, with and without a session
Module 2 – Namespaces and Object Management
- Understand how a namespace affects access to objects
- Use the servicesNS node and a namespace to access objects
- Understand how the sharing level and access control lists affect access to objects
- Modify the sharing level and the permissions on an object
Module 3 – Parsing Output
- Understand the general structure of Atom-based output
- Format Atom-based JSON output
Module 4 – Oneshot Searching
- Review search language syntax and search best practices
- Execute a oneshot search
- Execute an export search
- Get search results
Module 5–Normal and Export Searching
- Identify types of searches
- Create normal and export searches
- Get search results, search job status and other search job properties
Module 6 – Advanced Searching and Job Management
- Executing a real time search
- Working with large results sets
- Working with saved searches
- Managing search jobs
Module 7 – Working with Indexes
- List Splunk indexes
- Get information about an index
- Create Splunk indexes
- Delete Splunk indexes
Module 8 – Using the HTTP Event Collector (HEC)
- Create and use HEC tokens
- Input data using HEC endpoints
- Get indexer event acknowledgements
Module 9– Using the rest Command
- Use the SPL rest command
- Final notes