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Servicenow Authentication

Authentication

ServiceNow secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and password flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, password API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: password
oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode, password

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/contact-api-openapi.yaml, openapi/servicenow-aggregate-api-openapi.yml, openapi/servicenow-attachment-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/servicenow-change-management-api-openapi.yml, openapi/servicenow-cmdb-instance-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/servicenow-import-set-api-openapi.yml, openapi/servicenow-service-catalog-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/servicenow-table-api-openapi.yml, openapi/trouble-ticket-openapi.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - password
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: Basic authentication with ServiceNow credentials. User must have the csm_ws_integration
    role.
  sources:
  - openapi/contact-api-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/servicenow-aggregate-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-attachment-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-change-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-cmdb-instance-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-import-set-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-service-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-table-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/trouble-ticket-openapi.yaml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://{instance}.service-now.com/oauth_token.do
    scopes: 0
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication using ServiceNow's OAuth provider.
  sources:
  - openapi/servicenow-aggregate-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-attachment-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-change-management-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-cmdb-instance-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-import-set-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/servicenow-service-catalog-api-openapi.yml
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://{instance}.service-now.com/oauth_auth.do
    tokenUrl: https://{instance}.service-now.com/oauth_token.do
    scopes: 0
  - flow: password
    tokenUrl: https://{instance}.service-now.com/oauth_token.do
    scopes: 0
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication using ServiceNow's OAuth provider. Requires a registered
    OAuth application on the instance.
  sources:
  - openapi/servicenow-table-api-openapi.yml