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Hi All, I have one email script to generate clickable link below code is a part of email script, Sometimes link gives an error ("414 Request - URI Too Large") error, As per checking URL length is too long approx 15k to 17k characters thats why that error came.

To fix this error I used below code, It is working fine, It converts Long url to tiny url by using POST method and create record in sys_tiny_url table and then used that tiny url in our email, It looks good and working as expected, but Hardcoding username / passwd in a script is not a good idea, Can anyone please suggest how can I proceed without hadrcoading of username and password in script

 //Maximum Practical length is 2086 charecters
    if (url.length < 2086) {

         gs.info('No need to convert in Tiny URL is');

        template.print('<a href=' + url + '>report link </a');

    } else {

        var request = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2();
        request.setEndpoint('https://' + gs.getProperty('instance_name') + '.service-now.com/api/now/tinyurl');
        request.setHttpMethod('POST');

        //Eg. UserName="admin", Password="admin" for authentication, any basic servicenow user
        var user = "admin";
        var password = "admin";

        var body = {};
        body.url = 'https://' + gs.getProperty('instance_name') + '.service-now.com/itam_portal?id=my_it_asset_report&table=u_gap&filter=ccl_sys_class_name%3Dcmdb_ci_appl%5EORcl_sys_class_name%3Dcmdb_ci_computer%5Ecl_install_statusNOT%20IN111,14%5Ecl_u_number%20IN' + hwname + '%5Ecl_assignment_group%2Emanager=' + manager + '&view=my_it_asset_report'; //url that need to be shortened


        request.setBasicAuth(user, password);

        request.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");

        request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');

        request.setRequestBody(JSON.stringify(body));

        var response = request.execute();

        var jsonString = response.getBody().toString(); // get JSON of url

        var cleanedString = jsonString.replace(/["}]+$/g, '');

        var startPos = cleanedString.indexOf('"result":"');
        if (startPos !== -1) {

            var shorturl = cleanedString.substring(startPos + '"result":"'.length);

            
        }
         gs.info('Tiny URL is: ' + shorturl);

        template.print('<a href=' + shorturl + '>report link </a');

    }

[Ankur Bawiskar]

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rest message and rest message function (post) both will have same endpoint.

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Thanks @Ankur Bawiskar , It is working fine now, Thanks for your assistance!!!

[Ankur Bawiskar]

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