Send Dev Sec Compl Data to Splunk - Python


About this Python Sample App

This sample app is a very simple Python application that does the following:

  1. Refreshes an existing token stored on the file system in a json file using its refresh_token.
  2. Downloads all results from the Device Security Compliance endpoint and then stores it in a large json file on the file system.
  3. Loads the results data from the json file and then breaks it into chunks to then send to Splunk.

There are additional comments in the code that describe high-level what is happening.

You can copy the sample code below. Ensure that you install the referenced imported packages that are not part of the standard library.


How to Run

  1. Install the requirements with:

    pip install requests
    
  2. Run the Sample App with:

    python send_dev_sec_compl_to_splunk.py
    

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Sample Code

import requests
import json
import base64


# Insert your own info here as you defined when you created your APP
# Note that in a real app you would not want to hard-code these values
# Instead you would want to import them from the environment or even use
# a more secure solution like a keystore.
CLIENT_ID = "your-client-id"
CLIENT_SECRET = "your-client-secret"
REDIRECT_URI = "http://127.0.0.1:5000/"
STATE = "yourstatestring"  # note that in a true production app you would use state to protect against cross site attacks
HOSTNAME = 'daas.api.hp.com'
SPLUNK_TOKEN = 'your-spunk-auth-token'
SPLUNK_HOST = 'your-splunk-hostname-and-port'


def refresh_token():
    '''refresh existing token for a new one'''

    with open('creds.json', 'r') as f:
        creds = json.load(f)

    refresh_token = creds['refresh_token']

    base64_encoded_clientid_clientsecret = base64.b64encode(str.encode(f'{CLIENT_ID}:{CLIENT_SECRET}'))  # concatenate with : and encode in base64
    base64_encoded_clientid_clientsecret = base64_encoded_clientid_clientsecret.decode('ascii')  # turn bytes object into ascii string

    base_url = f'https://{HOSTNAME}'
    url = f"{base_url}/oauth/v1/token"
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
        'Authorization': f'Basic {base64_encoded_clientid_clientsecret}'
        }

    data = {'grant_type': 'refresh_token',
            'redirect_uri': REDIRECT_URI,
            'refresh_token': refresh_token
            }

    r = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)
    response = r.json()

    if response.get('access_token'):
        # don't store creds in plaintext in a real app obviously
        with open('creds.json', 'w') as f:
            json.dump(response, f, indent=4)
    else:
        print('There was an error refreshing your access token')
        print(r.text)


def get_device_security_compliance():

    # load credentials from file
    with open('creds.json', 'r') as f:
        creds = json.load(f)
    access_token = creds['access_token'] # load access token

    base_url = f'https://{HOSTNAME}'
    url = f"{base_url}/analytics/v1/reports/devicesec/twentyFourHrSummary/type/grid"
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': "application/json",
        'Authorization': f"Bearer {access_token}",
        }

    # get total results for this query so we know how much data we need
    response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, params={'count': 1})
    total_results = int(response.json()['totalResults'])

    # Now time to get all the results from the API
    start_index = 1
    results = []
    current_results = 0

    while current_results