Which statement is NOT true regarding the REST API in Splunk Cloud?

The statement that REST API in Splunk Cloud does not have data parsing capabilities is accurate. In the context of the REST API, it is primarily focused on providing programmatic access to Splunk's functionality, such as searching, managing entities, and ingesting data. While the API can facilitate data ingestion and retrieval, the data parsing itself is largely a function performed within the Splunk indexing pipeline after the data is ingested.

Therefore, saying that the REST API lacks data parsing capabilities captures its role correctly, as parsing is handled once the data reaches the backend system where it is indexed and made searchable. This emphasizes the distinction between what the API can do (in terms of data ingestion and query execution) and what happens to the data after it is ingested (such as parsing, transforming, and optimizing for search).

In contrast, the other statements accurately describe characteristics of the REST API in Splunk Cloud — it indeed has modified safety protocols for security, adds vital functionality to Cloud deployments, and although it is designed to interact with cloud environments, it can’t specifically be installed on classic indexers as it is tailored for the cloud infrastructure.