Parse YAML Files In ServiceNow?

[Tom Rausch]

How can I parse YAML files in ServiceNow?

Example

ServiceNow has an integrated JSON parser.

For example, from various posts, I can retrieve a JSON file via REST, then parse it with the JSON object.

    var restMessage = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2('Rest Integration', 'GET');
    var response = restMessage.execute();
    var responseBody = response.getBody();
    var httpStatus = response.getStatusCode();
    var parsedData = JSON.parse(responseBody) 

What if the "responseBody" is in YAML format? Can I parse it with a similar YAML object?

    var restMessage = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2('Rest Integration', 'GET');
    var response = restMessage.execute();
    var responseBody = response.getBody();
    var httpStatus = response.getStatusCode();
    var parsedData = YAML.parse(responseBody)

[Tom Rausch · Accepted solution]

The application YAML JSON Converter in the ServiceNow Store is a solution. This application converts data in YAML format to JSON.

[sariksorte]

Hi I cannot download from servicenow store 

can you suggest steps here to download YAML to JSON converter

[scottl]

Use this, as it also allows for encoding back into YAML.
https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml

'Install' it as a Script Include. If you're unsure how to load this into SN, ask ChatGPT.  And consider the difference of it being loaded globally each time into memory, and on demand (initialise). As it's a large file.