SnowSync

SnowSync is a file sync utility tool and API which provides a bridge for off platform ServiceNow development using an IDE or text editor locally.

SnowSync syncronizes configured fields (scripts) for a ServiceNow instance locally, then watches for file changes and syncs back changes to the corresponding record.

Installation

mkdir snow-sync

cd snow-sync

gem install --install-dir <path-to-the-snow-sync-dir> snow_sync

Setup & Usage

gem install bundler

cd <path-to-the-snow_sync-dir>/gems/snow_sync-<version>

OSX users run the following command:

brew install terminal-notifier

Create a Gemfile and add the following Gem dependencies:

source "https://rubygems.org"
gem "facets", "~> 3.1.0"
gem "guard", "~> 2.14.0"
gem "guard-yield", "~> 0.1.0"
gem "json", "~> 2.6.1"
gem "libnotify", "~> 0.9.2"
gem "rake", "~> 13.0.6"
gem "rest-client", "~> 2.0.0"
gem "rspec", "~> 3.10.0"
gem "rspec-core", "~> 3.10.1"
gem "terminal-notifier-guard", "~> 1.7"
gem "thor", "0.19.1"

bundle install

cd /lib/snow_sync

• Setup the configurations in the configs.yml
• Supports multi-table map configurations
• YAML configuration path is the current working directory
• Append /api/now/table/ to the base_url

bundle exec guard -i

Note: if the sync directory is deleted after a successful sync, reset the credential configs in the configs.yml so they can be re-encrypted on the next sync

Running the Tests

cd <path-to-the-snow-sync-dir>/gems/snow_sync-<version>

• Integration tests use a test record in the test instance
• Setup the test configurations in the test_configs.yml
• YAML configuration path is the current working directory
• Append /api/now/table/ to the base_url

bundle exec rspec spec/sync_util_spec.rb

• Unit tests are pure, so they're not externally dependent

bundle exec rspec spec/sync_util_mock_spec.rb

Note: if the sync directory is deleted after a successful sync, reset the credential configs in the test_configs.yml so they can be re-encrypted on the next sync

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.