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System endpoint examples

messages GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/messages
XML Response
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 <title>messages</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages</id>
 <updated>2011-07-08T01:14:21-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="102807"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/messages/_new" rel="create"/>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>restart_required</title>
   <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages/restart_required</id>
   <updated>2011-07-08T01:14:21-07:00</updated>
   <link href="/services/messages/restart_required" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/messages/restart_required" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/messages/restart_required" rel="remove"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       ... eai:acl node elided ...
       <s:key name="restart_required">Splunk must be restarted for changes to take effect.</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>

messages POST

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/messages -d name=helloMessage -d value="hello world" -d severity="info"
XML Response
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<title>messages</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages</id>
 <updated>2014-02-20T10:24:02-08:00</updated>
 <generator build="197187" version="6.1beta"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/messages/_new" rel="create"/>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>helloMessage</title>
   <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages/helloMessage</id>
   <updated>2014-02-20T10:24:02-08:00</updated>
   <link href="/services/messages/helloMessage" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/messages/helloMessage" rel="remove"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="helloMessage">"hello world"</s:key>
       <s:key name="eai:acl">
          ... elided ...
       </s:key>
       <s:key name="message">"hello world"</s:key>
       <s:key name="severity">info</s:key>
       <s:key name="timeCreated_epochSecs">1392920642</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>


messages/{name} DELETE

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme --request DELETE https://localhost:8089/services/messages/message
XML Response
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 <title>messages</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages</id>
 <updated>2011-07-08T01:14:21-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="102807"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/messages/_new" rel="create"/>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>

messages/{name} GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/messages/message
XML Response
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<title>messages</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages</id>
 <updated>2011-07-08T01:14:21-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="102807"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/messages/_new" rel="create"/>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>message</title>
   <id>https://localhost:8089/services/messages/message</id>
   <updated>2011-07-08T01:14:21-07:00</updated>
   <link href="/services/messages/message" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/messages/message" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/messages/message" rel="remove"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       ... eai:acl node elided ...
       <s:key name="eai:attributes">
         <s:dict>
           <s:key name="optionalFields">
             <s:list/>
           </s:key>
           <s:key name="requiredFields">
             <s:list/>
           </s:key>
           <s:key name="wildcardFields">
             <s:list/>
           </s:key>
         </s:dict>
       </s:key>
       <s:key name="message">hello world</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>

server/control GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/control
XML Response
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 <title>server-control</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/control</id>
 <updated>2011-07-12T00:17:53-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="102807"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/server/control/restart" rel="restart"/>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>

server/control/restart POST

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/control/restart -X POST
XML Response
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 <title>server-control</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/control</id>
 <updated>2014-08-05T13:02:50-07:00</updated>
 <generator build="221120" version="6.2"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/server/control/restart" rel="restart"/>
 <link href="/services/server/control/restart_webui" rel="restart_webui"/>
 ... opensearch nodes elided ...
 <s:messages/>

server/control/restart_webui POST

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/control/restart_webui -X POST


XML Response
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 <title>server-control</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/control</id>
 <updated>2014-08-05T12:10:37-07:00</updated>
 <generator build="221120" version="6.2"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/server/control/restart" rel="restart"/>
 <link href="/services/server/control/restart_webui" rel="restart_webui"/>
 ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>

server/logger GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/logger


XML Response
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<title>logger</title>
 <id>https://mrt:8089/services/server/logger</id>
 <updated>2011-05-16T20:29:38-0700</updated>
 <generator version="98144"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>AdminHandler:AuthenticationHandler</title>
   <id>https://mrt:8089/services/server/logger/AdminHandler%3AAuthenticationHandler</id>
   <updated>2011-05-16T20:29:38-0700</updated>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/AdminHandler%3AAuthenticationHandler" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/AdminHandler%3AAuthenticationHandler" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/AdminHandler%3AAuthenticationHandler" rel="edit"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="eai:acl">... elided ...</s:key>
       <s:key name="level">WARN</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>
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 <entry>
   <title>Application</title>
   <id>https://mrt:8089/services/server/logger/Application</id>
   <updated>2011-05-16T20:29:38-0700</updated>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/Application" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/Application" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/Application" rel="edit"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="eai:acl">... elided ...</s:key>
       <s:key name="level">WARN</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>ApplicationManager</title>
   <id>https://mrt:8089/services/server/logger/ApplicationManager</id>
   <updated>2011-05-16T20:29:38-0700</updated>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/ApplicationManager" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/ApplicationManager" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/ApplicationManager" rel="edit"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="eai:acl">... elided ...</s:key>
       <s:key name="level">WARN</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>

server/logger/{name} GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/logger/Application


XML Response
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<title>logger</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/logger</id>
 <updated>2011-07-02T15:10:44-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="100492"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>Application</title>
   <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/logger/Application</id>
   <updated>2011-07-02T15:10:44-07:00</updated>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/Application" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/Application" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/server/logger/Application" rel="edit"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="eai:acl">... elided ...</s:key>
       <s:key name="eai:attributes">
         <s:dict>
           <s:key name="optionalFields">
             <s:list/>
           </s:key>
           <s:key name="requiredFields">
             <s:list>
               <s:item>level</s:item>
             </s:list>
           </s:key>
           <s:key name="wildcardFields">
             <s:list/>
           </s:key>
         </s:dict>
       </s:key>
       <s:key name="level">WARN</s:key>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>

server/logger/{name} POST

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/logger/Application -d level=INFO


XML Response
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 <title>logger</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/logger</id>
 <updated>2011-07-07T00:24:02-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="102807"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <s:messages/>

server/roles GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/roles


XML Response
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 <title>server-roles</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/roles</id>
 <updated>2014-04-02T12:13:07-07:00</updated>
 <generator build="200839" version="6.1"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
 <link href="/services/server/roles/catalog_allPossible_predefined" rel="catalog_allPossible_predefined"/>
   ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>result</title>
   <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/roles/result</id>
   <updated>2014-04-02T12:13:07-07:00</updated>
   <link href="/services/server/roles/result" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/server/roles/result" rel="list"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="eai:acl">
           ... elided ...
       </s:key>
       <s:key name="indexer"/>
       <s:key name="license_master"/>
       <s:key name="license_slave"/>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>

server/settings GET

XML
XML Request
curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/server/settings
XML Response
XML Response
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<title>server-settings</title>
 <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/settings</id>
 <updated>2011-07-08T01:56:40-07:00</updated>
 <generator version="102807"/>
 <author>
   <name>Splunk</name>
 </author>
    ... opensearch elements elided ...
 <s:messages/>
 <entry>
   <title>settings</title>
   <id>https://localhost:8089/services/server/settings/settings</id>
   <updated>2011-07-08T01:56:40-07:00</updated>
   <link href="/services/server/settings/settings" rel="alternate"/>
   <author>
     <name>system</name>
   </author>
   <link href="/services/server/settings/settings" rel="list"/>
   <link href="/services/server/settings/settings" rel="edit"/>
   <content type="text/xml">
     <s:dict>
       <s:key name="SPLUNK_DB">/home/amrit/temp/curl/splunk/var/lib/splunk</s:key>
       <s:key name="SPLUNK_HOME">/home/amrit/temp/curl/splunk</s:key>
       ... eai:acl node elided ...
       <s:key name="enableSplunkWebSSL">0</s:key>
       <s:key name="host">MrT</s:key>
       <s:key name="httpport">8001</s:key>
       <s:key name="mgmtHostPort">8085</s:key>
       <s:key name="minFreeSpace">2000000</s:key>
       <s:key name="pass4SymmKey">changeme</s:key>
       <s:key name="serverName">MrT</s:key>
       <s:key name="sessionTimeout">1h</s:key>
       <s:key name="startwebserver">1</s:key>
       <s:key name="trustedIP"/>
     </s:dict>
   </content>
 </entry>
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