Servicenow instance executor

Executes a provided script in the 'Background scripts' page of a service now instance This was written for my uses as an internal developer, so decisions were made mostly with consideration for what I need, and what my fellow devs need. I am already aware of the snow-runner project already in existance, but I was already mostly done with this at the time. I couldn't make it work well for what I needed so I build this one. This one emulates a user at a browser, so there should be no need for special permissions. If you can access /sys.scripts.do as your login, this tool should work fine.

Addendum: if you are using an account escalation plugin, please login using a browser, and escalate your user before using this tool

Prerequisites

Node.js ^6.2.2 I use arrow notation in this script, so your install of node must be able to support it.

Installation

Manually

1. Clone this project to somewhere on your system path, or add the executable to your path.
2. From within the directory, run npm install to retrieve and install all dependencies.
   • If you run npm install -g it will install all the packages globally, as well as installing a symlink '/usr/local/bin/executor' to your path.
3. Create a keychain item (MAX OS X: Keyring Access) named after the FQDN of the instance you want to access, with Account set to the desired login username, and the appropriate password (If you get it wrong, the program will let you know and instruct you of the appropriate values)
4. Have fun!

Via npm

1. Run npm install -g sn-script-executor it will install all the packages globally, as well as installing a symlink '/usr/local/bin/executor' to your path.
2. Create a keychain item (MAX OS X: Keyring Access) named after the FQDN of the instance you want to access, with Account set to the desired login username, and the appropriate password (If you get it wrong, the program will let you know and instruct you of the appropriate values)
3. Have fun!

Usage

Command Usage:

executor.js [--instance instance] [--user user] --file file| file

--instance, -i instance     instance fqdn to access (default:datacenterdev.service-now.com)
--user, -u user             username to access instance as (default: current username)
--file, -f file             (required) JS file to execute as the contents of instance's Background Scripts page

Examples

executor.js foo.js

Executes the contents of foo.js on the default instance as your local machine username

executor.js -u daniel.dejager foo.js

Executes the contents of foo.js on the default instance as the user 'daniel.dejager'

executor.js -u daniel.dejager -i myinstance.service-now.com foo.js

Executes the contents of foo.js on the default instance as the user 'daniel.dejager'

executor.js -u daniel.dejager -i myinstance.service-now.com foo.js

Executes the contents of foo.js on the default instance as the user 'daniel.dejager'