I am trying to automate Splunk installation using a Python script and I am looking for a way to interact with Splunk to authenticate the use before downloading the file. I know that I can download the file using the direct link, but I don't think this is what is suppose to happen.
Do you have any idea how to achieve this? Have you every done this before?
You should use the direct link. The splunk download webpage provides a wget command. It is working as intended.