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servicenow.endpoint() function

servicenow.endpoint() is a user-contributed function maintained by the package author.

servicenow.endpoint() sends events to ServiceNow using data from input rows.

Usage

servicenow.endpoint is a factory function that outputs another function. The output function requires a mapFn parameter.

mapFn

A function that builds the object used to generate the ServiceNow API request. Requires an r parameter.

mapFn accepts a table row (r) and returns an object that must include the following properties:

  • description
  • severity
  • source
  • node
  • metricType
  • resource
  • metricName
  • messageKey
  • additionalInfo

For more information, see servicenow.event() parameters.

Function type signature
(
    password: string,
    url: string,
    username: string,
    ?source: A,
) => (
    mapFn: (
        r: B,
    ) => {
        C with
        severity: J,
        resource: I,
        node: H,
        metricType: G,
        metricName: F,
        messageKey: E,
        description: D,
    },
) => (<-tables: stream[B]) => stream[{B with _sent: string}] where J: Equatable
For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

url

(Required) ServiceNow web service URL.

username

(Required) ServiceNow username to use for HTTP BASIC authentication.

password

(Required) ServiceNow password to use for HTTP BASIC authentication.

source

Source name. Default is "Flux".

Examples

Send critical events to ServiceNow

import "contrib/bonitoo-io/servicenow"
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

username = secrets.get(key: "SERVICENOW_USERNAME")
password = secrets.get(key: "SERVICENOW_PASSWORD")

endpoint =
    servicenow.endpoint(
        url: "https://example-tenant.service-now.com/api/global/em/jsonv2",
        username: username,
        password: password,
    )

crit_events =
    from(bucket: "example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -1m)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses" and status == "crit")

crit_events
    |> endpoint(
        mapFn: (r) =>
            ({
                node: r.host,
                metricType: r._measurement,
                resource: r.instance,
                metricName: r._field,
                severity: "critical",
                additionalInfo: {"devId": r.dev_id},
            }),
    )()

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