how to use external client oAuth access token in inbound scripted REST API

[Sagaya1]

Hi,

I have created the external client oAuth access token through https://<instance>.service-now.com/oauth_token.do.

How do i use this access token in scripted REST api script for authentication ?

Regards,

Sagaya.

[Shubham Bongulw]

Hi Sagaya,

Please refer below link, as it will help you-

https://developer.servicenow.com/blog.do?p=/post/inbound-oauth-auth-code-grant-flow-part-1/

Warm Regards,

Shubham Bongulwar

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[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi,

Can you explain your requirement?

You are consuming endpoint of ServiceNow instance or some 3rd party for OAuth.

Regards
Ankur

[Sagaya1]

Hi ,

Let me explain the flow.

1. Create an OAuth API endpoint for external client

2. Created the scripted REST API for POST operation in service now. No authentication code written in the script.

3. In postman call https://<instance>.service-now.com/oauth_token.do and get the access token .

4. pass the access token in postman POST request API header and trigger the API

5.Response :

 responseBody:{"error":{"message":"User Not Authenticated","detail":"Required to provide Auth information"},"status":"failure"}

http response status_code: 401

Please help to resolve this issue.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Sagaya 

So it means either of this

1) in the API call of step 4 you are not sending the Access Token received in step 3

2) or you didn't get the valid access token in step 3 because of invalid username/password

please check below blog from me and you should be able to achieve/test it using postman

OAuth 2.0 with Inbound REST

Regards
Ankur