SPLap 2.1.1 · engineering notes
Engineering notes
Everything technical about SPLap, straight from the package. Written for Splunk engineers and for anyone who wants to know exactly where a number on screen came from.
Canonical data schema
The splap.canonical/1 event schema: one Splunk index, 17 sourcetypes, provenance on every event, idempotent import ids.
Data sources
Where the telemetry comes from: OpenF1 as primary provider, Jolpica metadata, optional FastF1, licensing and attribution.
Importing a race
How to bring any Grand Prix session into Splunk with the Connect Data wizard, an offline bundle or the Python CLI.
Visualization architecture
How the Pit Wall renders 20 cars at 3.7 Hz with zero searches per frame: SVG circuit, Canvas cars, precomputed frames.