Get sys_id from current user using REST API Services

markwinap · ‎04-01-2018

Hi, Im using Authorization code grant flow (OAuth 2) to authenticate users and get them access to Service Now RESTful APIs. My question is, how do i get the user sys_id (similar to var currentUser = gs.getUser(); gs.info(currentUser.getID());) using the available RESTful APIs.

My current workaround is,POST to the incident table and get the sys_id from opened_by key

SanjivMeher · ‎04-01-2018

If it is a scripted rest api, you can easily assign value to an attribute.

For example body.USER = gs.getUserID();

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SanjivMeher · ‎04-01-2018

You can use gs.getUserID() to get the sys id of the current user

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markwinap · ‎04-01-2018

sanjivmeher, thanks for your response however im looking into REST API services only for a server-less application

SanjivMeher · ‎04-01-2018

Can you elaborate more?

You are sending a rest api to ServiceNow? And you want to send response back with the sysid of the user using which you are sending the rest api?

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markwinap · ‎04-01-2018

That is correct