Hello @Everyone,
I recently came across the option “Create an OAuth API endpoint for external clients” under Application Registry and wanted to understand it better.
In my earlier integrations, I have used “Connect to a third-party OAuth Provider”, where:
I register the ServiceNow application in the target application.
The target application provides a Client ID and Client Secret.
These credentials are then configured in the ServiceNow -> Application Registry.
After that, a consent popup appears which we approve to establish the connection.
However, with “Create an OAuth API endpoint for external clients”, I have a few questions:
1. If the requirement is to fetch data from a target application, why do we create an OAuth endpoint for an external client?
Why can’t we directly use Connect to a third-party OAuth Provider in this case?
2. When using “Create an OAuth API endpoint for external clients”, how does the data flow work?
How do we receive data from the target application?
Do we need to create custom actions or Scripted REST APIs to consume the target application’s APIs?
How are connections and credentials configured in this approach?
Please let me know if my understanding is correct or if I’m missing something.
Thanks in advance.
