Managing requests to a high utilization website

A computer program product for managing requests to a high utilization website, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a first resource usage load status from a server computer;
• program instructions a request for content on the server computer from a client device, the request for content is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request;
• program instructions to determine whether the first resource usage load status of the server computer is above a pre-defined threshold;
• program instructions to establish a bidirectional communication channel with the client;
• responsive to determining the first resource usage load status of the server computer is not above a pre-defined threshold, program instructions to issue respective instances of access tokens corresponding to the HTTP request for content to the server computer and to the client device;
• program instructions to issue a redirect with the access token to the client device, the redirect with the access token includes a uniform resource locater (URL);
• wherein the URL enables direct network communications between the client device and the server computer;
• wherein the access token is embedded in the HTTP request for content from the server computer;
• and
• wherein the HTTP request for content with the embedded access token is automatically retransmitted to the URL of the redirect;
• and
• program instructions to transmit the respective instances of the valid access tokens corresponding to the HTTP request for content to the first server computer and to the client device.

A computer system for managing requests to a high utilization website, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a first resource usage load status from a server computer;
• program instructions a request for content on the server computer from a client device, the request for content is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request;
• program instructions to determine whether the first resource usage load status of the server computer is above a pre-defined threshold;
• program instructions to establish a bidirectional communication channel with the client;
• responsive to determining the first resource usage load status of the server computer is not above a pre-defined threshold, program instructions to issue respective instances of access tokens corresponding to the HTTP request for content to the server computer and to the client device;
• program instructions to issue a redirect with the access token to the client device, the redirect with the access token includes a uniform resource locater (URL);
• wherein the URL enables direct network communications between the client device and the server computer;
• wherein the access token is embedded in the HTTP request for content from the server computer;
• and
• wherein the HTTP request for content with the embedded access token is automatically retransmitted to the URL of the redirect;
• and
• program instructions to transmit the respective instances of the valid access tokens corresponding to the HTTP request for content to the first server computer and to the client device.