REST Message

[siliveri praval]

Hello. All

        How to Securely Passing User ID and Password in REST Message Calls Through Scripting

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[Danish Bhairag2]

Hi @siliveri praval ,

Please check this below link

https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-forum/how-to-pass-user-id-and-password-securely-when-...

Mark my answer helpful & accepted if it helps you resolve your query.

Thanks,

Danish

[Anand Kumar P · Accepted solution]

Hi @siliveri praval ,

• You wanted to call a REST service using RESTMessageV2.
• By using setBasicAuth('userid', 'password') to provide credentials.
• However, this approach was not secure because it exposed the password in your script, making it vulnerable to unauthorized access.
•  Below is more secure way to handle this situation.
• Create a REST Outbound Message in ServiceNow, which is a preconfigured way to send REST requests.
• Inside this message, you defined a POST HTTP method to meet your requirements.
• You set up the authentication profile within this method.
• In your script, you invoked this REST message/method, and you didn't need to explicitly pass credentials because they were already defined in the authentication profile.
• This approach allowed you to send dynamic parameters while maintaining a high level of security without compromising access.
  
  Thanks,
• Anand