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ServiceNow Contact API

Operations for managing Customer Service Management contacts

ServiceNow Contact API is one of 63 APIs that ServiceNow publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Contact. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version Zurich.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{instance}.servicenow.com/api/now.

3 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
Zurich
Base URL
https://{instance}.service-now.com/api/now/table
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

ServiceNow Contact API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — Basic authentication with ServiceNow credentials. User must have the csmwsintegration role.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contact 3

Operations for managing Customer Service Management contacts

GET
/contact
Servicenow Retrieve Contacts
getContacts 3 params → 200500
POST
/contact
Servicenow Create a Contact
createContact body → 201400401500
GET
/contact/{id}
Servicenow Retrieve a Specific Contact
getContactById 1 param → 200401404500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Contact (65 properties), ContactCreate (56 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Contact
object
Customer Service Management contact record
65 properties
ContactCreate
object
Contact creation request
56 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

servicenow-contact-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ServiceNow publishes across the network.

ServiceNow Batch API
ServiceNow Knowledge Management API
ServiceNow Identification and Reconciliation API
ServiceNow Performance Analytics API
ServiceNow Scripted REST APIs
ServiceNow GraphQL API
ServiceNow Application Service API
ServiceNow Case API
ServiceNow Account API
ServiceNow Consumer API
ServiceNow CSM Attachment API
ServiceNow Email API
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