ServiceNow Connector
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Version: 2
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Authentication

Basic Auth


Description

Authenticate using ServiceNow instance username and password.

Instructions

Locate your ServiceNow instance credentials and use them for HTTP authentication:

  1. Go to https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do and log in.
  2. Click on your profile picture.
  3. When a menu appears, click on Manage instance password or a similar option:

    Manage instance password in ServiceNow
  4. In a new window you will see your HTTP Basic Authentication credentials:

    Use instance credentials to authenticate to ServiceNow
  5. Done! Use this username and password when configuring OAuth Authentication parameters.

Parameters

Parameter Required Default value Options
Name: InstanceName

Label: InstanceName

YES
Name: UserName

Label: User name

You can create new user account and set password here https://{your-instance-id}.service-now.com/now/nav/ui/classic/params/target/sys_user.do or visit All \ Organization \ Users in the portal
YES
Name: Password

Label: Password

You can create new user account and set password here https://{your-instance-id}.service-now.com/now/nav/ui/classic/params/target/sys_user.do or visit All \ Organization \ Users in the portal
YES
Name: ApiVersion

Label: ApiVersion

v2
Name Value
Default
v2 v2
v1 v1
Name: RetryMode

Label: RetryMode

RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
Name Value
None None
RetryAny RetryAny
RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
Name: RetryStatusCodeList

Label: RetryStatusCodeList

429
Name: RetryCountMax

Label: RetryCountMax

5
Name: RetryMultiplyWaitTime

Label: RetryMultiplyWaitTime

True