Definition-driven test agent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10223239-B1
Application number	US-201615282852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

One embodiment is related to a method for testing representational state transfer (REST) application program interfaces (APIs), comprising: parsing service specification files; prompting, based on the service specification files, a user to select a resource to be tested and to provide relevant request payload field inputs; receiving resource selection and request payload field inputs from the user; converting the request payload field inputs into JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and/or Extended Markup Language (XML) data; submitting the JSON and/or XML data to a web services host with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) REST request; receiving a response from the web services host in a form of JSON and/or XML data; and presenting the response to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for testing representational state transfer (REST) application program interfaces (APIs), comprising:
parsing service specification files to obtain a list of one or more resources of a web service, each resource being associated with one or more applicable methods;
prompting, based on the service specification files, a user to select a resource from the list of the one or more resources and a method associated with the resource to be tested and to provide relevant request payload field inputs;
receiving resource and method selection and request payload field inputs from the user;
converting the request payload field inputs into JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and/or Extended Markup Language (XML) data;
submitting, using the user-selected method to be tested, the JSON and/or XML data to a web services host with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) REST request;
receiving a response from the web services host in a form of JSON and/or XML data; and
presenting the response to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service specification files comprise a Web Application Description Language (WADL) file and an XML schema file.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service specification files are parsed with a jQuery library.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein interactions with the user are through a web browser.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the response to the user comprises converting the response to a hypertext markup language (HTML) document.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request payload field inputs are received from the user in a Strict mode.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request payload field inputs are received from the user in a Free Format mode.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform testing operations, the operations comprising:
parsing service specification files to obtain a list of one or more resources of a web service, each resource being associated with one or more applicable methods;
prompting, based on the service specification files, a user to select a resource from the list of the one or more resources and a method associated with the resource to be tested and to provide relevant request payload field inputs;
receiving resource and method selection and request payload field inputs from the user;
converting the request payload field inputs into JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and/or Extended Markup Language (XML) data;
submitting, using the user-selected method to be tested, the JSON and/or XML data to a web services host with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) REST request;
receiving a response from the web services host in a form of JSON and/or XML data; and
presenting the response to the user.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the service specification files comprise a Web Application Description Language (WADL) file and an XML schema file.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the service specification files are parsed with a jQuery library.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein interactions with the user are through a web browser.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein presenting the response to the user comprises converting the response to a hypertext markup language (HTML) document.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the request payload field inputs are received from the user in a Strict mode.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the request payload field inputs are received from the user in a Free Format mode.

15. A data processing system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform testing operations, the operations including
parsing service specification files to obtain a list of one or more resources of a web service, each resource being associated with one or more applicable methods;
prompting, based on the service specification files, a user to select a resource from the list of the one or more resources and a method associated with the resource to be tested and to provide relevant request payload field inputs;
receiving resource and method selection and request payload field inputs from the user;
converting the request payload field inputs into JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and/or Extended Markup Language (XML) data;
submitting, using the user-selected method to be tested, the JSON and/or XML data to a web services host with a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) REST request;
receiving a response from the web services host in a form of JSON and/or XML data; and
presenting the response to the user.

16. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the service specification files comprise a Web Application Description Language (WADL) file and an XML schema file.

17. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the service specification files are parsed with a jQuery library.

18. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein interactions with the user are through a web browser.

19. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein presenting the response to the user comprises converting the response to a hypertext markup language (HTML) document.

20. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the request payload field inputs are received from the user in a Strict mode.

21. The data processing system of claim 15 , wherein the request payload field inputs are received from the user in a Free Format mode.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Ghanbaran Mojgan
• Paranthanate Srinivas
• Zhang Jingwen
• Rastogi Naveen
• Ma Yingjie
• Lin Zhiying
• Davie Alan D
• Dang Duc The

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F11/3664 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/227

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/3672 Primary

  Test management · CPC title

• G06F11/3698 Primary

  Environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software · CPC title