Why is GlideSysAttachment.getContentBase64() documented, but not defined?

[peterraeves]

I am pretty confused about this matter... I need to get the Base64 content of an attachment, so I went to the documentation and it recommends to use the function GlideSysAttachment.getContentBase64(): https://developer.servicenow.com/app.do#!/api_doc?v=geneva&id=r_SGSA-getContentBase64_GR

Though that function just does not exist in the system? It always keep popping up undefined...

When I run:

var sa = new GlideSysAttachment(); 
gs.print(typeof sa.getContentBase64); 
var a = []; 
for (var x in sa) { 
       a.push(x); 
} 
a.sort(); 
gs.print('\n'+a.join('\n'));

I get the following output, which does not contain the function I need... So why is it not there, while it is in the documentation? I tried this on Geneva, Helsinki and Istanbul...

*** Script: undefined

*** Script:

DBImageAttachmentRecord

addEncryptionContexts

allAttachments

asStream

attachmentRecord

attachments

attachmentsForExtensions

bytes

bytesUnsafe

canRead

changeEncryptionContext

class

contentStream

contentType

delete

deleteAll

deleteAllAttachments

deleteAttachment

equals

errorFileName

errorMessage

exists

fileDescriptor

fileName

fixImageDimensions

get

getAllAttachments

getAsStream

getAttachmentRecord

getAttachments

getAttachmentsForExtensions

getBytes

getBytesUnsafe

getClass

getContentStream

getContentType

getDBImageAttachmentRecord

getErrorFileName

getErrorMessage

getFileDescriptor

getFileName

getInputStream

getParameter

getParameters

getSizeBytes

getSysID

getTableName

getTableSysID

hashCode

imageDimensions

inputStream

loadParameters

notify

notifyAll

parameter

parameters

processRequest

read

readByName

readToFile

renameAttachment

replaceContent

setContentType

setFileName

setImageDimensions

setInputStream

setStreamCipher

setStreamMonitor

setTableName

setTableSysID

sizeBytes

streamCipher

streamData

streamMonitor

sysID

tableName

tableSysID

toString

wait

write

writeContentStream

writeFromRequest

writeInvisible

writeParts

[Alikutty A]

Hi Peter,

Have you missed the parenthesis?

gs.print(typeof sa.getContentBase64());

Thanks

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[peterraeves]

Not really... I do not want to evaluate the function. I just want to check it exists

[Brad Tilton]

Hi Peter,

You've linked to the documentation for the scoped API, but the use of gs.print() in your code suggests you're working in the global scope. I believe getContent and getContentBase64 are only available in scoped apps while you have to use getBytes in the global scope.

[peterraeves]

I'm working on Incident, so yes it will be in the global scope. Though getBytes only returns 5MB and not the full size, so that would not work either.