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Can I do a rest request to my localhost from a "developer" instance?

pierrothpsa
Kilo Contributor

‎02-23-2017 05:33 AM

Is it possible to call a rest request from a developer instance app to my localhost?

I got the rest integration done, but always get HTTP 500 error.

Thanks

Pierre

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‎02-23-2017 05:53 AM

Pierre,



the 500 error doesn't tell us a lot, but I would assume that since ServiceNow is running on an external network, you'd have to use your external IP address.


Joe McCarty1
ServiceNow Employee
ServiceNow Employee

‎02-23-2017 05:56 AM

If I understand you correctly, you are making an outbound REST call from the developer instance to a workstation.   If that's the case, you won't be able to reference your machine as https://localhost/REST/API because local host to the instance is itself.   You would need provide a public facing IP or dns that is resolvable to your machine.



The one exception would be if you were using a MID Server to process the REST message.   In which case, using localhost should attempt to call a web service running on the MID Server itself.


pierrothpsa
Kilo Contributor

‎02-23-2017 07:41 AM

Thanks everyone, I installed a MID server locally and pointed my app to it, so now it works great.



Thanks again.



Pierre


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RBT
Giga Contributor
In response to pierrothpsa

‎07-10-2018 02:49 AM

Please consider marking one of the answers as an accepted answer if your problem is resolved. This helps the future readers as well.

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