Authorization code (public)

The Authorization Code (public) flow works for applications that authenticate users interactively but can't securely store a client secret (for example, SPAs, mobile apps, CLI tools).

Objective

Configure and use the Authorization Code (public) OAuth flow with the Service‑Now SDK using values provided by your ServiceNow administrator.

Required values

Your administrator must provide:

Value	Description
Service‑Now URL	Base URL of the instance
Client ID	From a ServiceNow OAuth application registry entry
Redirect URL	Must match the redirect URL configured in ServiceNow
Authorization URL	OAuth authorization endpoint
Token URL	OAuth token endpoint

SDK flow

Initialize the SDK

cred, err := credentials.NewPublicAuthorizationCodeProvider(
	"{clientID}",
	credentials.WithInstance("{instance}"),
)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

client, err := servicenowsdkgo.NewServiceNowServiceClient(
	servicenowsdkgo.WithAuthenticationProvider(cred),
	servicenowsdkgo.WithInstance("{instance}"),
)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

// Client is now authenticated and ready to use
_ = client