python-servicenow-rest
The REST API is active by default in all instances, starting with the Eureka release.
Compatible with both Python 2 and 3. Tested with 2.7 and 3.4.
For more info, see:
http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=REST_API
http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Table_API
http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Tables_and_Classes
http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Encoded_Query_Strings
Installing
$ pip install servicenow_rest
Usage
Connect
import servicenow_rest.api as sn
s = sn.Client('instance_name', 'user_name', 'password', raise_on_empty=True)Set table
s.table = 'incident'Get (Dict-type query)
res = s.get({'number': 'INC0012345'})Get (String-type query)
res = s.get('nameINincident,task^elementLIKEstate')Get (server-side filter of returned results)
res = s.get({'number': 'INC0012345'}, fields=['sys_id'])
Create
res = s.insert({'short_description': 'test', 'description': 'test'})Update
res = s.get({'number': 'INC0012345'})
sys_id = res[0]['sys_id']
s.update({'comments': 'test', 'description': 'test'}, sys_id)Delete
res = s.get({'number': 'INC0012345'})
sys_id = res[0]['sys_id']
s.delete(sys_id)
