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With the same REST API, you can index logs directly from your application, or you can craft your own "log sender".
NOTE:
If you are sending logs from your application use the Elasticsearch HTTP API. If you are sending logs from a Java application use a library like log4j2-elasticsearch-http or Jest instead of Elasticsearch TransportClient.
Besides specifying your Logsene app token as the index name, it's nice to have a field named "@timestamp". Its value should be a valid ISO 8601 timestamp. This will be used for searching and sorting when/if you use Kibana with Logsene. If you don't provide a timestamp, Logsene will add one when it receives your message.
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