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Saving RESTMessageV2 Responses as Attachments

#Attachment API , #RestMessageV2 , #REST Message

Josh Nerius

3 minute read

RestMessageV2 API Applies to: Geneva, Helsinki and beyond. Have you ever needed to: Retrieve something using RESTMessageV2 Save that thing as an attachment on a record Do something with the newly generated attachment? This recently came up as a question over in the sndevs slack channel, and I realized that I knew how to accomplish #1 and #2, but didn’t know how to actually identify the attachment to achieve #3 without some ugly hacks.

Introduction to Scripted REST APIs

#Scripted REST API , #REST API Explorer

Dave Slusher

6 minute read

One of the new features in Geneva is the ability to write Scripted REST APIs. These take the place where Processors were used previously but have a richer feature set and more flexibility. Scripted Rest API basics When you create a new API inside the Studio environment, you define a name for it and an API ID (which will default to the name but can vary independently). Based on your currently selected application scope, it will automatically choose that application and namespace which corresponds to your scope identifier.

Dot-Walking in the REST Table API

#REST , #Dot-Walk , #Web Services , #REST API , #Table API

Bryan Barnard

3 minute read

If you’ve used ServiceNow for a bit then you are probably familiar with using Dot-walking to access data on related records. In case you are new to the concept here is the definition and a link to product documentation. From the product docs: Dot-walking in ServiceNow provides access to fields on related tables from a form, list, or script. If the current table contains a reference to another table, any field on the referenced table can be accessed using dot-walking.