Manual http request to splunk event collector

ManualInteractionWithSplunkEventCollector.cs

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://splunkserver/services/collector");

request.Method = "POST";

request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Splunk YOUR_GUID");

ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
var requestBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new
{
    @event = new
    {
        FirstName = "Foo",
        LastName = "Bar"
    },
    host = Environment.MachineName,
    source = "YOUR_DIRECTORY"
});

byte[] bytes = encoding.GetBytes(requestBody);
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
    stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}

using (var response = request.GetResponse())
using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
    var contents = new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();
    Console.WriteLine(contents);
}