Splunk-sdk

Bug fixes

* [383](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/383) Implemented the possibility to provide a SSLContext object to the connect method
* [396](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/396) Updated KVStore Methods to support dictionaries
* [397](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/397) Added code changes for encoding '/' in _key parameter in kvstore.data APIs.
* [398](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/398) Added dictionary support for KVStore "query" methods.
* [402](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/402) Fixed regression introduced in 1.6.15 to once again allow processing of empty input records in custom search commands (fix [#376](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/issues/376))
* [404](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/404) Fixed test case failure for 8.0 and latest(8.2.x) splunk version

Minor changes

* [381](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/381) Updated current year in conf.py
* [389](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/389) Fixed few typos
* [391](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/391) Fixed spelling error in client.py
* [393](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/393) Updated development status past 3
* [394](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/394) Updated Readme steps to run examples
* [395](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/395) Updated random_number.py
* [399](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/399) Moved CI tests to GitHub Actions
* [403](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/403) Removed usage of Easy_install to install SDK

Bug fixes
[312](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/312) Fix issue [#309](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/issues/309), avoid catastrophic backtracking in searchcommands

Bug fixes

* [301](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/301) Fix chunk synchronization
* [327](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/327) Rename and cleanup follow-up for chunk synchronization
* [352](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/352) Allow supplying of a key-value body when calling Context.post()

Minor changes

* [350](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/350) Initial end-to-end tests for streaming, reporting, generating custom search commands
* [348](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/348) Update copyright years to 2020
* [346](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/346) Readme updates to urls, terminology, and formatting
* [317](https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python/pull/317) Fix deprecation warnings

Bug fix
* `SearchCommand` now correctly supports multibyte characters in Python 3.

Bug fix
* Fixed regression in mod inputs which resulted in error ’file' object has no attribute 'readable’, by not forcing to text/bytes in mod inputs event writer any longer.

Minor changes
* Minor updates to the splunklib search commands to support Python 3

New features and APIs
* Added Bearer token support using Splunk Token in v7.3
* Made modinput text consistent

Bug fixes
* Changed permissions from 755 to 644 for Python files to pass Appinspect checks
* Removed version check on ssl verify toggle