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ServiceNow Scripted REST APIs (2026): 10 – Versioning

Secretary of Simplification · Jun 25, 2026 · video

Real APIs change — and every change risks breaking the clients that depend on them. In this video we enable versioning on the Vehicles API and see how ServiceNow handles it natively. *You'll learn:* - Why API versioning matters and what a breaking change actually is - How to enable versioning on a Scripted REST API in ServiceNow - How clients can call a specific version or rely on the default *Chapters:* - 0:00 Introduction - 0:40 Concept - 1:29 Demo - 2:47 Outro *GitHub:* https://github.com/jnichols-servicenow/SN2026-Vehicles-API *Links:* - ServiceNow docs — Scripted REST APIs — https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/api-reference/rest-api-explorer/c\_CustomWebServices.html - API versioning patterns — https://www.troyhunt.com/your-api-versioning-is-wrong-which-is/ *Series navigation:* - Previous: 09 — HTTP methods - Next: 11 — Securing the underlying table - Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrhqGp3sUzhvp1sfgP8OZjXRxKOP\_cyBU

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