pysnow

What it is and what it does

pysnow is a synchronous Python client for ServiceNow's REST API, built on top of requests and requests-oauthlib. It abstracts the HTTP layer and provides a query-builder interface to fetch, create, update, and delete records from ServiceNow tables. The library supports both basic authentication and OAuth, and uses ijson for efficient JSON streaming when handling large responses.

The package is in stable maintenance mode: the author has stated that no new features will be added, and development has shifted to aiosnow, an async alternative. If you are working with an existing ServiceNow integration or maintaining legacy code, pysnow remains functional, but for new projects you may want to evaluate aiosnow or direct REST calls depending on your async requirements.

Use it for:

• Automate incident or change ticket creation and updates from Python scripts or workflows.
• Query ServiceNow tables programmatically to extract data for reporting or integration with other systems.
• Build Python-based automation tools that interact with ServiceNow without writing raw HTTP requests.
• Sync ServiceNow records with external databases or applications via scheduled Python jobs.
• Implement custom ServiceNow integrations in legacy or synchronous Python applications.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

pysnow is a Python HTTP client library for interacting with ServiceNow APIs, providing methods to query, create, update, and delete records in ServiceNow instances.

Yes, if you are maintaining or extending an existing pysnow codebase or need a simple synchronous ServiceNow client for a legacy system. No, if you are starting a new project—the author explicitly recommends aiosnow for new development. The package is dormant (last release 2021-03-06) but has no known vulnerabilities and low install friction. Evaluate whether async support and active maintenance are important for your use case.

Install

pysnow on PyPI

pip install pysnow

uv add pysnow

poetry add pysnow

Installing pysnow

Before you install

Installation is straightforward with low friction—seven common dependencies (requests, oauthlib, requests-oauthlib, six, ijson, python-magic, pytz). However, the package is dormant: last release was 2021-03-06, over 1987 days ago, and the author has moved new development to aiosnow. Maintenance is stated as stable but no new features will be added.

License in practice

MIT license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute pysnow freely with minimal restrictions, provided you include the license notice.

Quickstart

pip install pysnow

from pysnow import Client
client = Client(host='instance.service-now.com', user='username', password='password')
records = client.query(table='incident', query={'state': 'open'})

Requires a ServiceNow instance with API access credentials (host, user, password or OAuth tokens).

Verify before relying

• Whether pysnow works reliably with current ServiceNow API versions and authentication methods.
• Performance characteristics and rate-limiting behavior when handling large result sets.
• Compatibility with Python 3.10+ (classifiers only list up to 3.9).

Package facts

Evidence: pysnow-0.7.17-py2.py3-none-any.whl

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