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rest
Description
The rest command reads a Splunk REST API endpoint and returns the resource data as a search result.
For information about the REST API, see the REST API User Manual.
Syntax
| rest <rest-uri> [count=<int>] [splunk_server=<wc-string>] [splunk_server_group=<wc-string>]... [timeout=<int>] [<get-arg-name>=<get-arg-value>]...
Required arguments
- rest-uri
- Syntax: <uri>
- Description: URI path to the Splunk REST API endpoint.
Optional arguments
- count
- Syntax: count=<int>
- Description: Limits the number of results returned from each REST call. For example, you have four indexers and one search head. You set the limit to
count=25000. This results in a total limit of 125000, which is 25000 x 5. - When count=0, there is no limit.
- Default: 0
- get-arg-name
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: REST argument name.
- get-arg-value
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: REST argument value.
- splunk_server
- Syntax: splunk_server=<wc-string>
- Description: Specifies the distributed search peer from which to return results. You can specify only one
splunk_serverargument, However, you can use a wildcard character when you specify the server name to indicate multiple servers. For example, you can specifysplunk_server=peer01orsplunk_server=peer*. Uselocalto refer to the search head. - Default: All configured search peers return information
- splunk_server_group
- Syntax: splunk_server_group=<wc-string>...
- Description: Limits the results to one or more server groups. You can specify a wildcard character in the string to indicate multiple server groups.
- timeout
- Syntax: timeout=<int>
- Description: Specify the timeout in seconds when waiting for the REST endpoint to respond.
- Default: 60
Usage
The rest command authenticates using the ID of the person that runs the command.
Examples
Example 1: Access saved search jobs.
| rest /services/search/jobs count=0 splunk_server=local | search isSaved=1
Example 2: Find all saved searches with search strings that include the speccsv sourcetype.
| rest /services/saved/searches splunk_server=local | rename search AS saved_search | fields author, title, saved_search | search saved_search=*speccsv*
Example 3: Add current search user to all events (useful for creating reports that only show events associated with logged in user).
* | head 10 | join [ | rest splunk_server=local /services/authentication/current-context | rename username as auth_user_id | fields auth_user_id ]
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.1612 (Splunk Cloud only), 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.3.0
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