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rest

Synopsis

Access a REST endpoint and display the returned entities as search results.

Syntax

rest <rest-uri> [<splunk-server>] (<get-arg-name>=<get-arg-value>)...

Required arguments

rest-uri
Syntax: <uri>
Description: URI path to the REST endpoint.
get-arg-name
Syntax: <string>
Description: REST argument name.
get-arg-value
Syntax: <string>
Description: REST argument value.

Optional arguments

splunk-server
Syntax: splunk_server=<string>
Description: Optional, argument specifies whether or not to limit results to one specific server. Use "local" to refer to the search head.

Examples

Example 1: Access saved search jobs.

| rest /services/search/jobs count=0 splunk_server=local | search isSaved=1


Answers

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Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.2/SearchReference/Rest"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.3 , 4.3.1 , 4.3.2 View the Article History for its revisions.


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