sub custom_post_alert_to_servicenow
{
   my %servicenow;
   my $user                  = "admin";
   my $pwd                   = "XxxXxXXXxxXX";
   my $auth                  = "$user:$pwd";
   my $request               = qq({"short_description":"Akips custom site script","urgency":"2"});

   $servicenow{url}          = "https://xxxxxxxxx.service-now.com/api/now/table/incident";
   $servicenow{basic_auth}   = $auth;

   # Uncomment the following line to use proxy 
   # $servicenow{proxy}      = "http://xxxx:3128";

   $servicenow{content_type} = "application/json";
   $servicenow{method}       = "post";
   $servicenow{data}         = $request;

   http_result (\%servicenow);
}