Splunk Index API
Endpoints for managing Splunk indexes, which store and organize ingested data. Indexes can be created, modified, listed, and configured for retention and storage policies.
Splunk Index API is one of 14 APIs that Splunk publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Index. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 9.4.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{host}:{port}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
Splunk Index API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth).
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (HecToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
BearerAuth— Splunk authentication token. Obtain a session key by authenticating to /services/auth/login or use a pre-configured bearer token from Settings Tokens in Splunk…BasicAuth— HTTP Basic authentication with a valid Splunk username and password. The credentials are sent as a Base64-encoded string in the Authorization header.HecToken— HTTP Event Collector token. Send as "Splunk " in the Authorization header. Tokens are configured in Splunk Web under Settings Data Inputs HTTP Event Collector.
Paths & Operations 5
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Endpoints for managing Splunk indexes, which store and organize ingested data. Indexes can be created, modified, listed, and configured for retention and storage policies.
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are IndexCreateRequest (10 properties), IndexUpdateRequest (7 properties), IndexList (4 properties), Paging (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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