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ServiceNow Import Sets API

Operations for inserting records into import set staging tables and triggering transform map processing.

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

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

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

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

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
Yokohama
Base URL
https://{instance}.service-now.com/api/now/table
Authentication
HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

ServiceNow Import Sets API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the password flow. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — Basic authentication with ServiceNow credentials. The user must have the importtransformer role or appropriate staging table ACLs.
  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication using ServiceNow's OAuth provider.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Import Sets 2

Operations for inserting records into import set staging tables and triggering transform map processing.

POST
/import/{stagingTableName}
Servicenow Insert a Record Into an Import Set Staging Table
insertImportSetRecord 1 param body → 201400401403
POST
/import/{stagingTableName}/insertMultiple
Servicenow Insert Multiple Records Into an Import Set Staging Table
insertMultipleImportSetRecords 1 param body → 201400401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ImportSetResult (10 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
1 property
ImportSetResult
object
The result of processing an import set record including the transformation outcome.
10 properties
ImportSetInput
object
The field name-value pairs corresponding to columns in the import set staging table.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

servicenow-import-sets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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