This video explains the difference between REST API requests using basic authentication and OAuth 2.0. It also shows how to set up OAuth on a ServiceNow instance, and how to request tokens and use them in REST API requests to that instance through a client application and through a terminal, using curl.

The video applies to ServiceNow releases starting with Fuji. The role required to set up OAuth on a ServiceNow instance is security_admin.

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For more information on using OAuth to make REST API calls to a ServiceNow instance, see:

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