Automatic verification and anomaly detection in a representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface
US8745641B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3668
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods for automatically detecting an anomaly in an application programming interface (API) having a plurality of invariants is provided. Such an API may conform to a Representational State Transfer (REST) model or style of software architecture. Such methods enable users to build simple test scripts that can be fed into specialized software applications configured to automatically exercise and test the API using the test scripts. Further, such methods allow automatic testing of API functionality regardless of whether or not the expected output value(s) for a given input are specified.
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