ServiceNow: Building Powerful Workflows

Having a REST

RESTful web services have quickly established themselves as the primary mechanism of exchanging information across the Web. REST is not a fully defined standard, but uses commonly accepted mechanisms to simplify the way of asking for information in a machine-readable format. If you thought that SOAP was too complicated, you aren't alone!

The ServiceNow REST API provides everything that SOAP does, and more. Instead of using bespoke methods, REST uses the standard HTTP GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE methods to manipulate data, just like your web browser. To retrieve information, use the GET method (as you would while browsing the Web for cat pictures), and to send information, use the POST method (which is also used for updating ...