We now have enough understanding of how to use Splunk for analytics and visualization. In this chapter, we will go through how Splunk can be integrated with any present/legacy proprietary applications in detail along with examples. Splunk provides an Software Development Kit (SDK) on almost all programming languages, such as .NET, Java, Python, and so on. The SDK can be used to integrate with applications to get better, efficient, and faster (real-time) results in the applications. You will also learn how Splunk can be integrated with other tools such as R for analytics and Tableau for visualization.
The following are the topics that will be covered in this chapter:
The Splunk SDK
Installing the Splunk SDK
The Splunk SDK for Python
Splunk with R for analytics
Splunk with Tableau for visualization