Can we modify the 'status' in the response body?

[Ankita9]

Hi All,

I am working on a Webservice(Import Set API), Customer want 'status' field to be be customized based on the fields update. Can we modify the 'status' in the response body?

import_set": "ISET0411424",

    "staging_table": "x__rest_cmdb",

    "result": [

        {

            "transform_map": "En REST CMDB",

            "table": "cmdb_ci",

            "display_name": "name",

            "display_value": "Test",

            "record_link": "https://abc/api/now/table/cmdb_ci/54bfc1551b219910ba51c8866e4bcb91",

            "status": "inserted",

            "sys_id": "54bfc1551b219910ba51c8866e4bcb91",

[Pavankumar_1]

Hi,

It is not possible if you are working on the Import set API.

If you want to set the custom messages then need to build Scripted REST API.

Refer this link to set custom response messages and status code.

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=59a7b3fa1bc1995086b3ece6b04bcb1f

Hope it helps!!

Please Mark ✅ Correct if applicable, Thanks!! 

Regards

Pavankumar

[Harneet Sital]

Hi Ankita, 

Looks like we can't modify the status attribute but there are a couple of workarounds you can do - 

1. Set a custom attribute to the status you want to set and ask the customer to refer to this custom attribute. Import set APIs to allow custom responses but to limited fields - details are here 

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_article&sys_id=24e2a8d5db05c1d0dd886c8e13961...

2. Create a scripted web service, ask the customer to call this scripted web service and in turn in this scripted web service you call the import set API and customize the response output the way you want to send it to the customer endpoint. 

Hope this helps. 

Thanks
-Harneet Sital
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[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

not possible. the status you highlighted is as per the status field on the import set table and is OOB and cannot be customized.

you can set custom response and add a json key value if required using the response variable in onAfter transform script

Regards
Ankur