# Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-http-event-collector-api/  
**Provider:** Splunk — https://apis.io/providers/splunk/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector

Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) API is one of 14 APIs that [Splunk](https://apis.io/providers/splunk/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Data Ingestion, Event, HEC, Logging, and REST. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

The Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) is a high-performance REST API data input that accepts JSON or raw text data sent over HTTP or HTTPS. It uses token-based authentication and provides endpoints for sending events (/services/collector/event), raw data (/services/collector/raw), and checking indexing status (/services/collector/ack).

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector
- **APIReference** — https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Data/HECRESTendpoints
- **Documentation** — https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Data/FormateventsforHTTPEventCollector
- **Documentation** — https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Data/HECExamples
- **GettingStarted** — https://dev.splunk.com/view/event-collector/SP-CAAAE6M

## Other Splunk APIs (12)

- [Splunk](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk/)
- [Splunk Cloud Platform REST API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-cloud-platform-rest-api/)
- [Splunk Cloud Admin Config Service (ACS) API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-cloud-admin-config-service-api/)
- [Splunk Observability Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-observability-cloud-api/)
- [Splunk SOAR REST API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-soar-rest-api/)
- [Splunk Enterprise Security API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-enterprise-security-api/)
- [Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) REST API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-itsi-rest-api/)
- [Splunk Intelligence Management API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-intelligence-management-api/)
- [Splunk SOAR Playbook Automation API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-soar-playbook-automation-api/)
- [Splunk AppInspect API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-appinspect-api/)
- [Splunk Data Inputs API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-data-inputs-api/)
- [Splunk Index API](https://apis.io/apis/splunk/splunk-index-api/)

## Tags

Data Ingestion, Event, HEC, Logging, REST

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