Graylog Message Search Function

This function uses the Graylog third-party library to search for log messages in a specified index.

Technology Stack : graylog2, GELFMessage, api, GELF, Graylog2API, search

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def graylog_message_search(query, index_name='default'):
    from graylog2.gelf import GELFMessage
    from graylog2 import api

    # Create a new GELF message with the query and index name
    gelf_message = GELFMessage(message=query, host='localhost', version='1.1', timestamp=int(time.time()))

    # Initialize the Graylog2 API client
    graylog_api = api.Graylog2API('http://localhost:9000', api_key='your_api_key')

    # Search for messages using the GELF message
    search_results = graylog_api.search(index_name, gelf_message)

    return search_results