GlideServletRequest- Scoped

The GlideServletRequest API provides methods to use in processor scripts.

ServiceNow processor scripts are equivalent to Java servlets. Processor scripts provide a customizable URL endpoint that can execute arbitrary server-side JavaScript code and produce output such as TEXT, JSON, or HTML. Use the GlideServletRequest API in processor scripts to access the HttpServletRequest object. The GlideServletRequest object provides a subset of the HttpServletRequest APIs. The methods are called using the global variable g_request.

A useful global variable, g_target, is available in processor scripts. It contains the table name extracted from the URL.

The URL to a processor has the format: https://<instance name.servicenow.com>/<path endpoint>.do?<parameter endpoint>=<value> where the path endpoint and parameter endpoint are defined on the processor form.

Parent Topic:Server API reference

GlideServletRequest - getContentType()

Returns the MIME type of the body of the request.

var contentType = g_request.getContentType();

GlideServletRequest - getHeader(String name)

Returns the header value.

var headerValue = g_request.getHeader("host");

Output:

demonightlyus.service-now.com

GlideServletRequest - getHeaderNames()

Returns a comma-separated list of header names.

var headerList = g_request.getHeaderNames();

Output:

host,connection,cache-control,authorization,accept,user-agent,accept-encoding,accept-language,
cookie,x-forwarded-proto,x-forwarded-host,x-forwarded-for

GlideServletRequest - getHeaders(String name)

Returns the header values.

var headerValue = g_request.getHeaders("host");

Output:

demonightlyus.service-now.com

GlideServletRequest - getParameter(String name)

Returns the value of the parameter contained in the request URL.

var name = g_request.getParameter("x_snc_custom_x_snc_name");

GlideServletRequest - getParameterNames()

Returns a list of URL parameters that were used in the request URI.

var paramList = g_request.getParameterNames();

GlideServletRequest - getQueryString()

Returns the query string from the request.

This example uses the request URL: https://instance.service-now.com/x_custom_app_customApp.do?x_custom_app_name=George&bell=rung.

var queryString = g_request.getQueryString();
g_processor.writeOutput("The query string is: " + queryString);

Output:

The query string is: x_custom_app_name=George&bell=rung