US 2020/0026641 A1 · AUTOMATED TEST INPUT GENERATION FOR INTEGRATION TESTING OF MICROSERVICE-BASED WEB APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Techniques for automated generation of inputs for testing microservice-based applications are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises: traversing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a user interface of a microservices-based application by performing actions on user interface elements of the user interface; and generating, by the system, an aggregated log of user interface event sequences and application program interface call sets based on the traversing. The computer-implemented method also comprises: determining, by the system, respective user interface event sequences that invoke application program interface call sets; and generating, by the system, respective test inputs based on the user interface event sequences that invoke the application program interface call sets.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components;
and
a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise:
an event sequence component that determines respective user interface event sequences that invoke application program interface call sets of an application program interface call graph associated with a microservices-based application;
a coverage component that:
determines a coverage metric that indicates a coverage of the application program interface call graph by the user interface event sequences, and
in response to a determination that the coverage metric indicates that a threshold amount of the application program interface call graph is not covered by the user interface event sequences, initiates a traversal of a user interface of the microservices-based application with one or more mutated user interface event sequences based on one or more mutations of the user interface event sequences.

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A computer program product for automatically generating test inputs for testing of a microservices-based application, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing component to cause the processing component to:

determine respective user interface event sequences that invoke application program interface call sets of an application program interface call graph associated with a microservices-based application;
determine a coverage metric that indicates a coverage of the application program interface call graph by the user interface event sequences, and
in response to a determination that the coverage metric indicates that a threshold amount of the application program interface call graph is not covered by the user interface event sequences, initiate a traversal of a user interface of the microservices-based application with one or more mutated user interface event sequences based on one or more mutations of the user interface event sequences.

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Automated test input generation for integration testing of microservice-based web applications

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Automated test input generation for integration testing of microservice-based web applications

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