log2splunk

log2splunk

Log to Splunk

Usage

const Log2Splunk = require('log2splunk');

const logger = new Log2Splunk({
  token: "your-token",
  host: "splunk-hec.example.com"
});

// Send string
logger.send("Hello World");

// Send json
logger.send({
  message: "Hello World";
});

// Send with metadata
logger.send("Hello World", {
  source: 'my-app',
  sourcetype: '_raw'
})


// Send Raw
logger.sendRaw("Hello World");

Options

Name	Description	Type	Default
token	The Splunk HEC token, required	String	null
protocol	The Splunk HEC protocol	http || https	https
host	The Splunk HEC host	String	localhost
port	The Splunk HEC port	Number	8088
path	The Splunk HEC path	String	/services/collector
source	Then event source	String	log2splunk
index	The event index	String	Extend your HEC token info
https	The https config, more info in https options	Object	null

Metadata

Name	Description	Type	Default
time	The event time in epoch time, in the format \<sec\>.\<ms\>. For example, 1433188255.500 indicates 1433188255 seconds and 500 milliseconds after epoch, or Monday, June 1, 2015, at 7:50:55 PM GMT.	Number	now
host	The host value to assign to the event data. This is typically the hostname of the client from which you're sending data.	String
source	The source value to assign to the event data. For example, if you're sending data from an app you're developing, you could set this key to the name of the app.	String
sourcetype	The sourcetype value to assign to the event data.	String	httpevent
index	The name of the index by which the event data is to be indexed. The index you specify here must be within the list of allowed indexes if the token has the indexes parameter set.	String
fields	(Not applicable to raw data.) Specifies a JSON object that contains explicit custom fields to be defined at index time. Requests containing the "fields" property must be sent to the /collector/event endpoint, or they will not be indexed. For more information, see Indexed field extractions.	String or Object<String, String | Array<String>>

Async/Await

(async () => {
  await logger.send('Hello async/await');
})();

Reference

HTTP Event Collector Examples