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xpath

Description

Extracts the xpath value from field and sets the outfield attribute.

Syntax

xpath [outfield=<field>] <xpath-string> [field=<field>] [default=<string>]

Required arguments

xpath-string
Syntax: <string>
Description: Specifies the XPath reference.

Optional arguments

field
Syntax: field=<field>
Description: The field to find and extract the referenced xpath value from.
Default: _raw
outfield
Syntax: outfield=<field>
Description: The field to write, or output, the xpath value to.
Default: xpath
default
Syntax: default=<string>
Description: If the attribute referenced in xpath doesn't exist, this specifies what to write to the outfield. If this isn't defined, there is no default value.

Usage

The xpath command is a distributable streaming command. See Command types.

The xpath command supports the syntax described in the Python Standard Library 19.7.2.2. Supported XPath syntax.

Examples

1. Extract values from a single element in _raw XML events

You want to extract values from a single element in _raw XML events and write those values to a specific field.

The _raw XML events look like this:

   <foo>
      <bar nickname="spock">
      </bar>
   </foo>
   <foo>
      <bar nickname="scotty">
      </bar>
   </foo>
   <foo>
      <bar nickname="bones">
      </bar>
   </foo>

Extract the nickname values from _raw XML events. Output those values to the name field.

sourcetype="xml" | xpath outfield=name "//bar/@nickname"

2. Extract multiple values from _raw XML events

Extract multiple values from _raw XML events

The _raw XML events look like this:

   <DataSet xmlns="">
        <identity_id>3017669</identity_id>
        <instrument_id>912383KM1</instrument_id>
        <transaction_code>SEL</transaction_code>
        <sname>BARC</sname>
        <currency_code>USA</currency_code>
   </DataSet> 

   <DataSet xmlns="">
        <identity_id>1037669</identity_id>
        <instrument_id>219383KM1</instrument_id>
        <transaction_code>SEL</transaction_code>
        <sname>TARC</sname>
        <currency_code>USA</currency_code>
   </DataSet>

Extract the values from the identity_id element from the _raw XML events:

... | xpath outfield=identity_id "//DataSet/identity_id"

This search returns two results: identity_id=3017669 and identity_id=1037669.


To extract a combination of two elements, sname with a specific value and instrument_id, use this search:

... | xpath outfield=instrument_id "//DataSet[sname='BARC']/instrument_id"

Because you specify sname='BARC', this search returns one result: instrument_id=912383KM1.

3. Testing extractions from XML events

You can use the makeresults command to test xpath extractions.

You must add field=xml to the end of your search. For example:

| makeresults
| eval xml="<DataSet xmlns=\"\">
        <identity_id>1037669</identity_id>
        <instrument_id>219383KM1</instrument_id>
        <transaction_code>SEL</transaction_code>
        <sname>TARC</sname>
        <currency_code>USA</currency_code>
   </DataSet>"
| xpath outfield=identity_id "//DataSet/identity_id" field=xml

See also

extract, kvform, multikv, rex, spath, xmlkv

Last modified on 22 July, 2020
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 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, 7.0.13, 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, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.0.9, 8.0.10, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.11, 8.1.13, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.2.9, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.0.9, 9.0.10, 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.2.0, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.2.4, 9.3.0, 9.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.4.0, 8.1.10, 8.1.12, 8.1.14, 8.1.2


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