https://github.com/xanderstevenson/hacker-news-jobs-splunk-dashboard

Hacker News Jobs Splunk Dashboard
https://github.com/xanderstevenson/hacker-news-jobs-splunk-dashboard

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Hacker News Jobs Splunk Dashboard

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/xanderstevenson/hacker-news-jobs-splunk-dashboard
• Owner: xanderstevenson
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-11-05T20:20:00.000Z (7 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-06T16:53:13.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-16T23:33:22.595Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: hacker-news, hackernews, python, splunk
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 163 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Hacker News Jobs Splunk Dashboard App

This repo contains the file structure and script to allow the most recent HackerNews job postings to be collected via API and sent to a Splunk Dashboard.

## Setup

1. Download,  install, and setup Splunk Enterprise on you local system: https://www.splunk.com/

2. Request a Developer license from Splunk, which you should receive via email.

3. Create a new App in your Splunk UI

4. Create a new Dashboard in your Splunk app

5. Obtain an HEC token from the Splunk settings UI

6. Export the HEC token to your virtual environment

7. Paste the [/bin/fetch_hacker_news.py](/bin/fetch_hacker_news.py) script from this repo into the same location in your $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/ directory where the App you've just created will be located.

8. Create a new panel in your Splunk Dashboard with this as the search input: index=* sourcetype=hacker_news_jobstories




![image](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xanderstevenson/hacker-news-jobs-splunk-dashboard/main/images/Hacker_News_Dashboard.png)