Video: How to Authenticate to ServiceNow REST APIs Using OAuth

[marystromberg]

This video explains the difference between REST API requests using basic authentication and OAuth 2.0. It also shows how to set up OAuth on a ServiceNow instance, and how to request tokens and use them in REST API requests to that instance through a client application and through a terminal, using curl.

The video applies to ServiceNow releases starting with Fuji. The role required to set up OAuth on a ServiceNow instance is security_admin.

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This video covers:

• 0:24 About OAuth
• 1:29 Comparison of basic authentication and OAuth requests
• 3:49 Setting Up OAuth on a ServiceNow instance
• 6:54 Requesting tokens
• 9:09 Using tokens to make REST API requests
• 10:27 Requesting a new access token
• 12:09 Issuing requests from a terminal using curl

For more information on using OAuth to make REST API calls to a ServiceNow instance, see:

• ServiceNow product documentation: Set up OAuth
• ServiceNow product documentation: Use a third-party OAuth provider
• ServiceNow product documentation: OAuth tokens
• ServiceNow product documentation: OAuth API request parameters

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[dev115415]

could you please give a way for Outbound also. Like connecting to an external company's REST api.