US 2019/0163469 A1Published application

Content deployment system having a proxy for continuously providing selected content items to a content publishing engine for integration into a specific release and methods for implementing the same

Assigneesalesforce.com, inc.

InventorsABHISHEK BANGALORE SREENIVASA, ADAM TORMAN, TYLER MONTGOMERY, DOUGLAS BITTING

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Abstract

Content deployment systems and methods are provided for continuously integrating and deploying selected content items from a plurality of content sources into a specific release as part of the specific release. For example, a first content source stores a plurality of first content items for potential inclusion in the specific release. A manifest record for the specific release specifies release items, by API name, that are allowed to be part of the specific release. A proxy can periodically retrieve selected ones of the first content items that are specified in the manifest record, and push them to a bulk API of a content publishing engine. Any content items that are not specified in the manifest record are rejected by the proxy. A processor of the content publishing engine can allow for continuous integration of the selected ones of the first content items into the specific release.

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Dependent claims

A content deployment system for continuously integrating and deploying selected content items into a specific release, the content deployment system comprising:

a plurality of content sources that are each configured to manage or store content items for potential inclusion in the specific release, comprising:
a first content source that is configured to manage and store a plurality of first content items for potential inclusion in the specific release;
a content publishing engine that is configured to control the release of content items, comprising:
a processor configured to execute:
a release management API that is configured to manage and store a manifest record for the specific release, wherein the manifest record specifies release items by API name that are allowed to be part of the specific release;
and a bulk API that is configured to receive content package objects from the plurality of content sources;
storage configured to:
store content items;
a proxy, associated with an enterprise database system, and being configured to:
periodically request the manifest record for the specific release from the release management API;
periodically retrieve, from the first content source based on the manifest record, selected ones of the plurality of first content items that are specified in the manifest record for inclusion in the specific release;
compile the selected ones of the plurality of the first content items into a first content package object;
and push the first content package object to the bulk API to allow for continuous integration of the selected ones of the plurality of the first content items into the specific release, and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
create a release object comprising at least one release item that is part of the specific release, wherein the at least one release item includes at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of the first content items;
and the add release object into the storage.

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A content deployment method for continuously integrating and deploying selected content items into a specific release, the content deployment method comprising:

creating a specific release, based on input from a release manager for a specific namespace, at a release management API of a content publishing engine that is configured to control the release of content;
defining, based on other input from the release manager at the release management API, a manifest record that specifies release items by API name that are allowed to be part of the specific release;
periodically requesting, from the release management API via a proxy, the manifest record for the specific release;
periodically retrieving, from a first content source via the proxy, selected ones of a plurality of first content items, wherein the selected ones of the plurality of first content items are those specified in the manifest record for inclusion in the specific release;
compiling, via the proxy, the selected ones of the plurality of first content items into a first content package object;
pushing the first content package object from the proxy to a bulk API of the content publishing engine to allow for continuous integration of the selected ones of the plurality of first content items into the specific release;
and
creating a release object, at a processor of the content publishing engine and storing the release object into storage, wherein the release object comprises at least one release item that is part of the specific release, wherein the at least one release item includes at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of first content items from the first content package object that are to be included as part of the specific release.

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