Building customizations for the Splunk platform

Learn about APIs and other Splunk platform customization options.

Developer resources

APIs

Learn how to build custom solutions for data input, analysis, and alert actions.

API	Use case
Custom visualizations	Create custom visualizations for analyzing data patterns and trends.
Custom data inputs (modular inputs, scripted inputs)	Index data from unique sources or in non-standard formats.

Splunk Web customization

Modify login page and other components.

See also

See the following resources for additional information.

To learn about	See
Building visualizations and dashboards Using Simple XML	Dashboards and Visualizations
Working with alerts	Alerting manual
General app building guidance Leveraging Splunk SDKs	Develop apps and add-ons for Splunk Enterprise on the Splunk Developer Portal Splunk Enterprise SDKs on the Splunk Developer Portal
Creating custom search commands Managing access to custom search commands Custom search command examples	Create custom search commands on the Splunk Developer Portal
Using the Splunk REST API	REST API Reference Manual REST API User Manual REST API Tutorials