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Quick Script: Check a ServiceNow Instance Build Tag# Quick Script: Check a ServiceNow Instance Build Tag

April 15, 2019 [servicenow](/tags/servicenow/)

  Enable AI AnimationI needed a quick way to check what build a ServiceNow instance was running. Here is the Node.js script I put together.

## [The script](#the-script)

`module.exports = {
  getBuildTag: function(instance){
    return getBuildTag(instance);
  },
  test: function(instance){
    return getBuildTag(instance)
  }
};
function getBuildTag(instance) {
  var returnStr;
  if (instance) {
    var https = require('https');
    var url = require('url');
    var address = 'https://' + instance + '.service-now.com/InstanceInfo.do?SOAP';
    var options = { host: urlObj.host, path: urlObj.path, method: 'POST' };
    var req = https.request(options, function (response) {
      var body = [];
      response.on('data', function (data) { body.push(data); });
      response.on('end', function () {
        body = body.toString();
        if (body.indexOf('<html>') === -1) {
          returnStr = body.split('<build_tag>')[1].split('</')[0];
        } else {
          returnStr = 'Not an instance';
        }
      });
    });
    req.on('error', function (e) { console.error(e); });
    req.end();
  } else {
    returnStr = 'Needs an argument for an instance name';
  }
  return returnStr;
}`## [Usage](#usage)

```
`var info = require('instance-info');
info.getBuildTag('myinstance');`
```

It sends a SOAP request to the InstanceInfo endpoint and parses the build_tag element from the response.

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[Quick Script: Check a ServiceNow Instance Build Tag](https://jace.pro/blog/quick-script-check-a-servicenow-instance-build-tag/) [Jace Benson](https://jace.pro) ![Jace Benson](https://jace.pro/icon-512x512.png)

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