# US 2021/0240600 A1 · Test suite generation from metadata > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240600 A1 - Document ID: US20210240600A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/778,660 - Filed: 2020-01-31 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: salesforce.com, inc. - Applicants: salesforce.com, inc. - Inventors: Julio Alejandro LAROSA; Ignacio Bottero; Mauro Dentoni; Maria Mare; Nicolas Grossi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240600A1 ## CPC - G06F 11/3684: {for test design, e.g. generating new test cases} - G06F 9/547: {Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services} - G06F 11/3688: {for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites} - G06F 11/3698: Environments for analysis, debugging or testing of software - G06F 2201/875: Monitoring of systems including the internet - G06Q 10/105: Human resources - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing the ability to generate unit tests for a web service from a logged interaction with the web service and an API specification for the web service. Rather than having to manually generate tests for the web service, a test developer may interact with the web service through a web browser and record a log of these interactions. The log is then matched to a definition of the API specification, and a test is created. The test developer can either run this test against the web service, or use the test as a foundation for developing and refining the test further. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, an interaction file comprising a request from a client to an application programming interface (API) on a web service, and a response to the request from the web service; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a specification of the API; generating, by the one or more computing devices, a test request to the web service based on the request from the interaction file, wherein the test request is configured to satisfy the specification of the API; and generating, by the one or more computing devices, a test suite comprising the test request and a constraint, wherein the constraint is based on the response from the interaction file. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: executing, by the one or more computing devices, the test suite on the web service, wherein the test suite is configured to apply the constraint against a test response received from the web service. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the interaction file is generated by a web browser logging an interaction with the web service. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the test comprises: matching, by the one or more computing devices, the request from the interaction file to an API call defined by the specification of the API. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing, by the one or more computing devices, the test suite for manual editing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating, by the one or more computing devices, an additional test request; and including, by the one or more computing devices, the additional test request in the test suite. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the specification of the API is defined in a RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) file. ### Claim 8 A system, comprising: a memory configured to store operations; and one or more processors configured to perform the operations, the operations comprising: receiving an interaction file comprising a request from a client to an application programming interface (API) on a web service, and a response to the request from the web service, receiving a specification of the API, generating a test request to the web service based on the request from the interaction file, wherein the test request is configured to satisfy the specification of the API, and generating a test suite comprising the test request and a constraint, wherein the constraint is based on the response from the interaction file. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: executing the test suite on the web service, wherein the test suite is configured to apply the constraint against a test response received from the web service. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the interaction file is generated by a web browser logging an interaction with the web service. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein generating the test comprises: matching the request from the interaction file to an API call defined by the specification of the API. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: providing the test suite for manual editing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: generating an additional test request; and including the additional test request in the test suite. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the specification of the API is defined in a RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) file. ### Claim 15 A computer readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, execution of which, by one or more processing devices, causes the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising: receiving an interaction file comprising a request from a client to an application programming interface (API) on a web service, and a response to the request from the web service; receiving a specification of the API; generating a test request to the web service based on the request from the interaction file, wherein the test request is configured to satisfy the specification of the API; and generating a test suite comprising the test request and a constraint, wherein the constraint is based on the response from the interaction file. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage device of claim 15, the operations further comprising: executing the test suite on the web service, wherein the test suite is configured to apply the constraint against a test response received from the web service. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the interaction file is generated by a web browser logging an interaction with the web service. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein generating the test comprises: matching the request from the interaction file to an API call defined by the specification of the API. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage device of claim 15, the operations further comprising: providing the test suite for manual editing. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer readable storage device of claim 15, the operations further comprising: generating an additional test request; and including the additional test request in the test suite.