Are you seeking to work with external systems which utilize YAML data? Do you have a system you'd like to integrate with ServiceNow, but find that its YAML output is difficult to parse?
Introducing RapDev's YAML JSON Converter, a free application that provides a function to easily convert data in YAML format to JSON.
Data from integrated systems can often be troublesome if it comes in a format that NOW cannot handle natively such as YAML. With this application, a YAML-formatted string can be quickly and easily converted to a JSON object for further parsing with a single function call.
Outputs a JSON object when passed a string containing YAML.
YAML to JSON Converter
How to use:
var myObject = new x_radi_yaml_json.Yaml().parse('some: yaml'); //input must be a string containing YAML; returns a JSON object
gs.info(myObject);
Example REST call to get a YAML file stored in GitHub:
var request = new sn_ws.RESTMessageV2();
request.setHttpMethod("GET");
request.setBasicAuth("user","pass"); request.setEndpoint("https://api.github.com/github_repo/contents/file_name.yaml");
request.setRequestHeader("accept","application/json");
var run = request.execute();
var body = run.getBody();
var bodyParsed = JSON.parse(body);
var content = bodyParsed.content.toString();
//var decoded = GlideStringUtil.base64Decode(content)
//call from global scope
//var decoded = gs.base64Decode(content);
//call from scoped app var decodedString = JSON.stringify(decoded);
decodedString = decodedString.substring(1, decodedString.length-1);
var obj = new x_radi_yaml_json.Yaml().parse(decodedString);
Version 1.0.1: Corrects replacement behavior for some line break characters
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