servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find – Search for multiple records from ServiceNow

Note

This plugin is part of the servicenow.servicenow collection (version 1.0.6).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install servicenow.servicenow.

To use it in a playbook, specify: servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find.

Synopsis

  • Gets multiple records from a specified table from ServiceNow based on a query dictionary.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python pysnow (pysnow)
  • python requests (requests)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auth
string
    Choices:
  • basic
  • oauth
  • token
  • openid
The method used to authenticate with the Service Now instance.
Basic authentication uses user name and password.
OAuth authentication uses a client id and secret in addition to Basic authentication.
Token authentication uses a bearer token in addition to OAuth authentication.
OpenID Connect authentication, an extension of OAuth 2.0, uses a provider, like Okta, to obtain a bearer token.
If the vaule is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_AUTH will be used instead.
client_id
string
Client ID generated by ServiceNow.
Required when using OAuth or OpenID authentication, unless token is specified.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_CLIENTID will be used instead.
client_secret
string
Client Secret associated with client id.
Required when using OAuth or OpenID authentication, unless token is specified.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_CLIENTSECRET will be used instead.
display_value
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
sysparm_display_value
exclude_reference_link
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
sysparm_exclude_reference_link
host
string
The ServiceNow hostname.
This value is FQDN for ServiceNow host.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_HOST will be used instead.
Mutually exclusive with instance.
instance
string
The ServiceNow instance name, without the domain, service-now.com.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_INSTANCE will be used instead.
log_level
string
    Choices:
  • debug
  • info
  • normal
Set the logging level of the module
max_records
integer
Default:
20
Maximum number of records to return.
openid
dictionary
If the result of a previous SNOW method, using OpenID, was registered, supply the openid key, from the result.
The openid key contains a dictionary with the bearer token, which, if still valid, can be reused.
If the bearer token is no longer valid, the dictionary includes all of the previously supplied openid_ fields needed to make a new token request.
Any other credentials previously supplied, must be provided again.
openid_issuer
string
The URL for your organization's OpenID Connect provider.
Okta, an OpenID provider, supports Single Sign-On with a url like 'https://yourorg.oktapreview.com/oauth2'.
Okta supports application-level authentication using a url like 'https://yourorg.oktapreview.com/oauth2/TH151s50m3L0ngSTr1NG'.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable OPENID_ISSUER will be used instead.
openid_scope
list / elements=string
Default:
["openid"]
A list of scopes to be included in the access token.
Supported scopes for this application are address, email, groups, openid, phone, profile, of which, openid must be one.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable OPENID_SCOPE will be used instead.
order_by
string
Default:
"-created_on"
Field to sort the results on.
Can prefix with "-" or "+" to change descending or ascending sort order.
password
string
Password for username.
Required whether using Basic, OAuth or OpenID authentication.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_PASSWORD will be used instead.
query
dictionary / required
Dict to query for records.
raise_on_empty
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If set to false, will not cause a SNOW method to raise an exception should it return no records.
This is particurlarly useful in snow_record_find, when not sure if any record exists.
return_fields
list / elements=string
Fields of the record to return in the json.
By default, all fields will be returned.
suppress_pagination_header
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
sysparm_suppress_pagination_header
table
string
Default:
"incident"
Table to query for records.
token
string
Bearer token associated with client id and secret.
Can be used in place of client id and secret for OpenID authentication.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_TOKEN will be used instead.
username
string
Name of user for connection to ServiceNow.
Required whether using Basic, OAuth or OpenID authentication.
If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable SN_USERNAME will be used instead.

Examples

- name: Search for incident assigned to group, return specific fields
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    instance: dev99999
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at

- name: Search for incident assigned to group, explicitly using basic authentication, return specific fields, and suppress exception if not found
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    auth: basic
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    instance: dev99999
    raise_on_empty: False
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at

- name: Search for incident using host instead of instance
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    host: dev99999.mycustom.domain.com
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at

- name: Using OAuth, search for incident assigned to group, return specific fields
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    auth: oauth
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    client_id: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"
    client_secret: "Password1!"
    instance: dev99999
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at

- name: Using a bearer token, search for incident assigned to group, return specific fields
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    auth: token
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    token: "y0urHorrend0u51yL0ngT0kenG0esH3r3..."
    instance: dev99999
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at

- name: Using OpenID, search for incident assigned to group, return specific fields
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    auth: openid
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    client_id: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"
    client_secret: "Password1!"
    openid_issuer: "https://yourorg.oktapreview.com/oauth2/TH151s50M3L0ngStr1NG"
    openid_scope: "openid email"
    instance: dev99999
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at
  register: response

- name: Using previous OpenID response, search for incident assigned to group, return specific fields
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    auth: openid
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    client_id: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"
    client_secret: "Password1!"
    openid: "{{ response['openid'] }}"
    instance: dev99999
    table: incident
    query:
      assignment_group: d625dccec0a8016700a222a0f7900d06
    return_fields:
      - number
      - opened_at

- name: Find open standard changes with my template
  servicenow.servicenow.snow_record_find:
    username: ansible_test
    password: my_password
    instance: dev99999
    table: change_request
    query:
      AND:
        equals:
          active: "True"
          type: "standard"
          u_change_stage: "80"
        contains:
          u_template: "MY-Template"
    return_fields:
      - sys_id
      - number
      - sys_created_on
      - sys_updated_on
      - u_template
      - active
      - type
      - u_change_stage
      - sys_created_by
      - description
      - short_description

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
record
dictionary
always
The full contents of the matching ServiceNow records as a list of records.



Authors

  • Tim Rightnour (@garbled1)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/servicenow/servicenow/snow_record_find_module.html