Codeless specification of software as a service integrations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11157241-B2
Application number	US-201916575052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2019
Priority date	Sep 18, 2019
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

A computational instance may include, in database tables, representations of computing services provided by remote networks. One or more processors disposed in the computational instance may cause a computing-service-neutral cloud integration application to perform operations including: obtaining a specification related to a remote network, where the specification defines: (i) an integration point for the remote network, (ii) a pagination type associated with the integration point, and (iii) mappings between descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network and fields of the database tables. The operations may further include requesting and receiving, via the integration point, first descriptions of the computing services; determining, from the pagination type and the integration point, a second integration point for the remote network; requesting and receiving, via the second integration point, second descriptions; and storing, in the database tables, the first descriptions and the second descriptions in accordance with the mappings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing system comprising:
a computational instance including persistent storage, the persistent storage containing, in database tables, representations of computing services provided by remote networks, wherein the computational instance is dedicated to a managed network; and
one or more processors disposed within the computational instance and configured to cause a computing-service-neutral cloud integration application to perform operations including:
generating a graphical user interface (GUI) having user interface elements that correspond to a specification of a remote network, wherein the specification comprises: (i) an integration point for the remote network, (ii) a pagination type associated with responses provided by the integration point, and (iii) mappings between descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network that appear in the responses and fields of the database tables;
providing the GUI to a client device of the managed network;
receiving the specification of the remote network from the client device via the GUI;
requesting and receiving, from the integration point, first descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network;
determining, from the pagination type and the integration point, a second integration point for the remote network;
requesting and receiving, from the second integration point, second descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network; and
storing, in the fields of the database tables, the first descriptions and the second descriptions in accordance with the mappings.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the computing-service-neutral cloud integration application performs further operations including:
determining, from the pagination type and the second integration point, a third integration point for the remote network;
requesting and receiving, from the third integration point, third descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network; and
storing, in the fields of the database tables, the third descriptions in accordance with the mappings.

3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the computing-service-neutral cloud integration application performs further operations including:
obtaining a second specification related to a second remote network, wherein the second specification defines: (i) a third integration point for the second remote network, (ii) a second pagination type associated with second responses provided by the third integration point, and (iii) second mappings between descriptions of second computing services provided by the second remote network that appear in the second responses and fields of the database tables;
requesting and receiving, from the third integration point, third descriptions of the computing services provided by the second remote network;
determining, from the pagination type and the third integration point, a fourth integration point for the second remote network;
requesting and receiving, from the fourth integration point, fourth descriptions of the computing services provided by the second remote network; and
storing, in the fields of the database tables, the third descriptions and the fourth descriptions in accordance with the second mappings.

4. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the remote network is physically distinct from the computing system and the managed network, and wherein the computing system and the managed network access the remote network by way of a wide-area network.

5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the specification also defines authentication credentials to access the remote network, and wherein requesting and receiving the first descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network comprises:
authenticating with the remote network using the authentication credentials.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the integration point comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL including a host associated with the remote network and a path, wherein the pagination type comprises a next endpoint pagination that specifies a new path, and wherein the second integration point comprises a second URL, the second URL including the host associated with the remote network and the new path.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the integration point comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL including a host associated with the remote network, a path, and a query string, wherein the pagination type comprises a next link pagination that specifies a new query string, wherein the second integration point comprises a second URL, the second URL including the host associated with the remote network, the path, and the new query string, and wherein the new query string comprises a key value pair that is determined based on information within the first descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network.

8. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the integration point comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL including a host associated with the remote network, a path, and a query string that contains an offset parameter and a size parameter, wherein the pagination type comprises an offset pagination that specifies a new query string, the new query string containing a second offset parameter and the size parameter, and wherein the second integration point comprises a second URL, the second URL including the host associated with the remote network, the path, and the new query string.

9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the integration point comprises a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL including a host associated with the remote network, a path, and a query string that contains a page parameter, wherein the pagination type comprises a page-based pagination that specifies a new query string, the new query string containing a second page parameter, and wherein the second integration point comprises a second URL, the second URL including the host associated with the remote network, the path, and the new query string.

10. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network are received by the computing-service-neutral cloud integration application as a complex data object, wherein the specification further defines paths within the complex data object in which particular descriptions of the computing services provided by the remote network are located, wherein storing descriptions of the computing services comprises storing descriptions of the computing services with reference to the paths, and wherein the complex data object is formatted in accordance with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

11. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the specification further defines a test option, and wherein, prior to the storing, the computing-service-neutral cloud integration application performs further operations including:
determining that the test option is activated; and
based on the test option being activated, (i) generating an updated GUI that includes additional user interface elements corresponding to the first descriptions and the second descriptions, and (ii) providing the updated GUI to the client device.

12. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the first descriptions of the computing services comprise an array of descriptions, and wherein requesting and receiving the second descriptions of the computing services comprises:
for each respective description in the array of descriptions:
modifying the second integration point with a parameter provided in the respective desc

Assignees

• Servicenow Inc

Inventors

• Kenkre Natasha Sandeep
• Karappa Virendra
• Mudhelli Prashanth
• Jain Rajat

Classifications

• G06F16/2282

  Tablespace storage structures; Management thereof · CPC title

• G06F9/5072 Primary

  Grid computing · CPC title

• G06F8/77

  Software metrics · CPC title

• G06F8/10 Primary

  Requirements analysis; Specification techniques · CPC title

• G06F9/54

  Interprogram communication · CPC title