ServiceNow

This Gem uses Service Now's REST Api. It has only been used with reading & creating incidents so far.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'service_now'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install service_now

Usage

###Finding an Incident

  ServiceNow::Configuration.configure(:sn_url => ENV['SN_INSTANCE'], :sn_username => ENV['SN_USERNAME'], :sn_password => ENV['SN_PASSWORD'])
  inc_number = "INC0326578"
  inc = ServiceNow::Incident.find(inc_number)

inc will contain a hash of attributes retrieved from Service Now for that incident.

{:caller_id=>"3f6894b60194ac0094adf4b82250a68a", :u_contact=>"3f6894b60194ac0094adf4b82250a68a", :u_kb_article=>"fbebf3339004fc40fde6c4b91cbd300a", :contact_type=>"In Person", :short_description=>"Report From STCEmailApp", :description=>"Name: Casey Watts\nNon-Yale Email: first.last@gmail.com\nCell: 4433863616\nProgram Name: \nRoom Number: BK A11\n\nModel: Mac\nOS: OSX 10.9\nSerial Number: abc123abc123\n\nDescription of Issue: My microphone isn't working. It seems to be able to hear me typing but voice won't work, even screaming isn't picked up.", :active=>"true", :activity_due=>"", :approval=>"not requested", :approval_history=>"", :approval_set=>"", :assigned_to=>"", :assignment_group=>"", :business_duration=>"", :business_stc=>"000000", :calendar_duration=>"", :calendar_stc=>"000000", :category=>"", :caused_by=>"", :child_incidents=>"0", :close_code=>"", :close_notes=>"", :closed_at=>"", :closed_by=>"", :cmdb_ci=>"", :comments=>"", :comments_and_work_notes=>"", :company=>"f66b14e1c611227b0166c3a0df4046ff", :contract=>"", :correlation_display=>"", :correlation_id=>"", :credit_cards=>"", :delivery_plan=>"", :delivery_task=>"", :due_date=>"", :encrypted_by=>"", :encryption_context=>"", :escalation=>"0", :expected_start=>"", :follow_up=>"", :group_list=>"", :impact=>"3", :incident_state=>"2", :knowledge=>"false", :location=>"", :made_sla=>"true", :notify=>"2", :number=>"INC0326578", :opened_at=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :opened_by=>"85da3a532b577c00fcb01abf59da1569", :order=>"0", :parent=>"", :parent_incident=>"", :priority=>"5", :problem_id=>"", :reassignment_count=>"0", :reopen_count=>"0", :rfc=>"", :severity=>"3", :skills=>"", :sla_due=>"", :ssns=>"", :state=>"1", :subcategory=>"", :sys_class_name=>"incident", :sys_created_by=>"s_stc", :sys_created_on=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :sys_domain=>"global", :sys_id=>"2d1d11ec240e2d00fde65a2c57b6f463", :sys_mod_count=>"0", :sys_updated_by=>"s_stc", :sys_updated_on=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :time_worked=>"", :u_asset_device=>"", :u_assigned=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :u_client=>"3f6894b60194ac0094adf4b82250a68a", :u_component=>"", :u_created_by_tier_1=>"false", :u_fpoc=>"false", :u_in_progress=>"", :u_incident_state_count=>"0", :u_incident_type=>"", :u_is_ess=>"false", :u_it_business_service=>"", :u_it_provider_service=>"", :u_lateral_assignment=>"false", :u_level_1=>"", :u_level_2=>"", :u_level_3=>"", :u_major_incident=>"false", :u_major_outage=>"false", :u_one_touch=>"false", :u_original_assignment_group=>"", :u_priority_count=>"0", :u_protocol_followed=>"false", :u_referral_count=>"0", :u_reopened=>"false", :u_resolved=>"", :u_resolved_by=>"", :u_secure_text=>"", :u_set_to_p1=>"", :upon_approval=>"proceed", :upon_reject=>"cancel", :urgency=>"3", :user_input=>"", :watch_list=>"", :work_end=>"", :work_notes=>"", :work_notes_list=>"", :work_start=>""}

###Creating an Incident

params = {
    netid: 'csw3',
    name: 'Casey Watts',
    location: 'Berkeley College',
    avg_bandwidth: '1mbps',
    comment: 'just seems slow'
    mac: 'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF'
}

def create_incident(params)
  ServiceNow::Configuration.configure(:sn_url => ENV['SN_INSTANCE'], :sn_username => ENV['SN_USERNAME'], :sn_password => ENV['SN_PASSWORD'])
  inc = ServiceNow::Incident.new
  inc.short_description = "Problem With Wifi"
  inc.description = "netid: #{params[:netid]}\nname: #{params[:name]}\nlocation: #{params[:location]}\nbandwidth: #{params[:avg_bandwidth]}\ncomment: #{params[:comments]}\nmac: #{params[:mac]}"
  inc.caller_id = ServiceNow::User.find(params[:netid]).sys_id
  inc.save!
end

inc.save! will return an object with information about the incident in a hash, such as:

{:caller_id=>"3f6894b60194ac0094adf4b82250a68a", :u_contact=>"3f6894b60194ac0094adf4b82250a68a", :u_kb_article=>"fbebf3339004fc40fde6c4b91cbd300a", :contact_type=>"In Person", :short_description=>"Report From STCEmailApp", :description=>"Name: Casey Watts\nNon-Yale Email: first.last@gmail.com\nCell: 4433863616\nProgram Name: \nRoom Number: BK A11\n\nModel: Mac\nOS: OSX 10.9\nSerial Number: abc123abc123\n\nDescription of Issue: My microphone isn't working. It seems to be able to hear me typing but voice won't work, even screaming isn't picked up.", :active=>"true", :activity_due=>"", :approval=>"not requested", :approval_history=>"", :approval_set=>"", :assigned_to=>"", :assignment_group=>"", :business_duration=>"", :business_stc=>"000000", :calendar_duration=>"", :calendar_stc=>"000000", :category=>"", :caused_by=>"", :child_incidents=>"0", :close_code=>"", :close_notes=>"", :closed_at=>"", :closed_by=>"", :cmdb_ci=>"", :comments=>"", :comments_and_work_notes=>"", :company=>"f66b14e1c611227b0166c3a0df4046ff", :contract=>"", :correlation_display=>"", :correlation_id=>"", :credit_cards=>"", :delivery_plan=>"", :delivery_task=>"", :due_date=>"", :encrypted_by=>"", :encryption_context=>"", :escalation=>"0", :expected_start=>"", :follow_up=>"", :group_list=>"", :impact=>"3", :incident_state=>"2", :knowledge=>"false", :location=>"", :made_sla=>"true", :notify=>"2", :number=>"INC0326578", :opened_at=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :opened_by=>"85da3a532b577c00fcb01abf59da1569", :order=>"0", :parent=>"", :parent_incident=>"", :priority=>"5", :problem_id=>"", :reassignment_count=>"0", :reopen_count=>"0", :rfc=>"", :severity=>"3", :skills=>"", :sla_due=>"", :ssns=>"", :state=>"1", :subcategory=>"", :sys_class_name=>"incident", :sys_created_by=>"s_stc", :sys_created_on=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :sys_domain=>"global", :sys_id=>"2d1d11ec240e2d00fde65a2c57b6f463", :sys_mod_count=>"0", :sys_updated_by=>"s_stc", :sys_updated_on=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :time_worked=>"", :u_asset_device=>"", :u_assigned=>"2014-07-18 07:16:10", :u_client=>"3f6894b60194ac0094adf4b82250a68a", :u_component=>"", :u_created_by_tier_1=>"false", :u_fpoc=>"false", :u_in_progress=>"", :u_incident_state_count=>"0", :u_incident_type=>"", :u_is_ess=>"false", :u_it_business_service=>"", :u_it_provider_service=>"", :u_lateral_assignment=>"false", :u_level_1=>"", :u_level_2=>"", :u_level_3=>"", :u_major_incident=>"false", :u_major_outage=>"false", :u_one_touch=>"false", :u_original_assignment_group=>"", :u_priority_count=>"0", :u_protocol_followed=>"false", :u_referral_count=>"0", :u_reopened=>"false", :u_resolved=>"", :u_resolved_by=>"", :u_secure_text=>"", :u_set_to_p1=>"", :upon_approval=>"proceed", :upon_reject=>"cancel", :urgency=>"3", :user_input=>"", :watch_list=>"", :work_end=>"", :work_notes=>"", :work_notes_list=>"", :work_start=>""}

Setting inc.u_kb_article will set the KB Article field, but it will not apply the associated template.

More Features

More features of this gem are documented in the specifications file. These may or may not be implemented yet, see specs.md. You can also check the source files in /lib.

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request