Virtual requests

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having collectively stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• constructing a virtual request, the request including a time-dependent request component, a service-dependent request components and an action-dependent request component;
• applying keying material to the virtual request to produce a virtual request signature;
• forming a claim based at least in part on a principal identity and the virtual request signature;
• receiving from a servicer that is different from the computer system, a client request, according to a first protocol, to reconstruct the virtual request with the time-dependent request component, the service-dependent request component and the action-dependent request component;
• and
• sending the client request, as part of an application programming interface call that is based at least in part on the virtual request, to a first service according to a second protocol.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory, including instructions executable by the processor to cause the computer system to at least:
• construct a virtual request, the request including a time-dependent request component, a service-dependent request component and an action-dependent request component;
• apply keying material to the virtual request to produce a virtual request signature;
• form a claim based at least in part on a principal identity and the virtual request signature;
• receive from a servicer that is different from the computer system, a client request, according to a first protocol, to reconstruct the virtual request with the time-dependent request component, the service-dependent request component and the action-dependent request component;
• and
• send the client request, as part of an application programming interface call that is based at least in part on the virtual request, to a first service according to a second protocol.