"""
Get a Splunk User Session Key - for running searches
"""
import requests
import urllib3
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
[docs]def get_session_key(
user,
password,
url='https://localhost:8089',
verify=False,
ssl_options=None):
"""get_session_key
This will get a user session key and throw for any errors
:param user: username
:param password: password
:param url: splunk auth url
:param verify: verify cert
:param ssl_options: ssl options dictionary
"""
servercontent = requests.post(
'{}/services/auth/login'.format(
url),
headers={},
verify=False,
data={
'username': user,
'password': password
})
get_session_key = parseString(
servercontent.text).getElementsByTagName(
'sessionKey')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
return get_session_key
# end of get_session_key