Chapter 10. Above and Beyond – Customization, Web Framework, REST API, HTTP Event Collector, and SDKs

In this chapter, we will learn how to customize a Splunk application and use advanced features of Splunk, Splunk SDKs, and APIs to work with the data within Splunk. We will learn about:

  • Customizing the application navigation
  • Adding a force-directed graph of web hits
  • Adding a calendar heatmap of product purchases
  • Adding cell highlighting of average product price
  • Remotely querying Splunk's REST API for unique page views
  • Creating a Python application to return unique IP addresses
  • Creating a custom search command to format product names
  • Collecting data from remote scanning devices

Introduction

Throughout all the chapters so far, we have been dealing directly ...

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