Test building for testing server operation

A computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method comprising:
• obtaining a specification of a first test, the specification of the first test comprising a set of requests for testing server operation according to a first protocol, in which server operation according to the first protocol returns a set of resources in response to receipt of the set of requests of the first test;
• and
• building a specification of a second test, the specification of the second test comprising requests and corresponding expected server responses for testing server operation according to a second protocol, in which server operation according to the second protocol returns the set of resources in response to receipt of the requests of the second test, the building comprising:
• selecting and processing a request of the set of requests of the first test, the processing the selected request comprising:
• identifying, based on an expected response in response to the selected request, dependencies of the expected response, the dependencies being resources indicated by the expected response or dependencies of those resources, that are requested in one or more related additional requests of the set of requests of the first test;
• and
• adding, to the specification of the second test, the selected request, and indicating the expected response and the identified dependences as being a corresponding expected server response, in response to the selected request, from a server operating according to the second protocol, such that the corresponding expected server response to receipt of the selected request by the server operating according to the second protocol comprises the expected response and the identified dependencies, and inclusion of the one or more related additional requests of the set of requests of the specification of the first test into the specification of the second test is thereby avoided.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method comprising:
• obtaining a specification of a first test, the specification of the first test comprising a set of requests for testing server operation according to a first protocol, in which server operation according to the first protocol returns a set of resources in response to receipt of the set of requests of the first test;
• and
• building a specification of a second test, the specification of the second test comprising requests and corresponding expected server responses for testing server operation according to a second protocol, in which server operation according to the second protocol returns the set of resources in response to receipt of the requests of the second test, the building comprising:
• selecting and processing a request of the set of requests of the first test, the processing the selected request comprising:
• identifying, based on an expected response in response to the selected request, dependencies of the expected response, the dependencies being resources indicated by the expected response or dependencies of those resources, that are requested in one or more related additional requests of the set of requests of the first test;
• and
• adding, to the specification of the second test, the selected request, and indicating the expected response and the identified dependences as being a corresponding expected server response, in response to the selected request, from a server operating according to the second protocol, such that the corresponding expected server response to receipt of the selected request by the server operating according to the second protocol comprises the expected response and the identified dependencies, and inclusion of the one or more related additional requests of the set of requests of the specification of the first test into the specification of the second test is thereby avoided.