servicenow-uploader-webpack-plugin

This plugin uploads the source code to ServiceNow after compilation and before writing to disk.

Note: this plugin assumes the webpack config will produce only one chunk. This mean you it will consider only the first entry point and plugins like SplitChunksPlugin will not work as expected.

Getting Started

Install servicenow-uploader-webpack-plugin

$ npm i --save-dev servicenow-uploader-webpack-plugin

or

$ yarn add -D servicenow-uploader-webpack-plugin

Create a configuration file:

.sn-config.json

{
  "sys_id": "xxx",
  "table": "sys_ui_script",
  "username": "admin",
  "password": "1234",
  "instance": "https://dev9999.service-now.com"
}

Note: This configuration file mirrors the constructor signature config schema. Feel free to use what works best for your use case.

Add .sn-config.json to .gitignore. You don't want sensitive information in your repo.

$ echo ".sn-config.json >> .gitignore

Add to webpack config:

webpack.config.js

const ServiceNowUploader = require("servicenow-uploader-webpack-plugin");
const config = require("./.sn-config.json");

module.exports = {
  plugins: [new ServiceNowUploader(config)]
};

Usage

This plugin works by hooking onto webpack compilation and uploading the transformed source code to ServiceNow. If a sys_id is present in the configuration the record will be updated.

If no sys_id is present the record will be inserted instead, but only if name and onInput callback are specified. The motivation behind this is to give you full control of your configuration schema, using the onInput callback to update the sys_id or any other desired info.

Basic example

const config = { name, table, ...credentials};

const onInput = ({ sys_id }) => config.sys_id = sys_id;

new ServiceNowUploader(config, { onInput });

Constructor new ServiceNowUploader(config, options)

Uploads the transformed source code to instance using credentials specified inside config. The target record is updated if the sys_id isn't present. Otherwise the record is inserted and the config is updated instead.

config

Type: Object

config.sys_id

Type: string
Optional

Target record sys_id.

config.name

Type: string

Default: webpack entry point file name

Target record's display name.

config.table

Type: string
Default: sys_ui_script

Target table. Uses ui script because it can be imported to other client side tables like ui pages and client scripts.

config.instance

Type: string

Your instance complete URL.

config.username

Type: string

Be sure the user has write access to the target table.

config.password

Type: string

options

Type: Object
Optional

log

Type: Boolean Default: true

Enables logging

onInsert

Type: Function
Optional

Execute when the record is inserted in ServiceNow. Expectes SN response as argument.

onUpdate

Type: Function
Optional

Execute when the record is updated in ServiceNow. Expectes SN response as argument.