receiving a message over a network, wherein the message is formatted according to an internet protocol, wherein a payload of the message includes a key-value pair, wherein a key of the key-value pair identifies a value of the key-value pair as recording an event associated with a computing device, and wherein the value of the key-value pair includes machine data produced by the computing device;

extracting, from the value of the key-value pair, using the key of the key-value pair, the machine data from the payload of the message to obtain extracted machine data;

determining, using the extracted machine data, a timestamp associated with the event;

processing the extracted machine data to obtain processed machine data;

generating the event using the processed machine data and the timestamp to obtain a generated event, wherein the generated event includes a portion of the processed machine data and the timestamp; and

outputting the generated event for storage in a field-searchable data store.