Method and apparatus for acquiring resource

• US 10,324,896 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jin, Wang, Changting
• Primary Examiner(s): Whipple, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hollister, James Ross
• Application Number:
  US14/581,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for acquiring a resource. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for acquiring a resource, including receiving, by a storage server, a resource check request sent by a first client, where the resource check request carries resource information of a resource to be uploaded by the first client, an identifier of an external link created by a second client, and storage location information corresponding to the external link; searching, by the storage server, according to the identifier, a database configured to store external-link information for an attribute of the external link corresponding to the identifier of the external link, and checking the resource information according to a value of the found attribute; and if the check succeeds, storing, by the storage server the acquired resource or acquired resource location information according to the storage location information.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring a resource comprising:

receiving, by a storage server, a resource check request from a first client, the resource check request carrying resource information of a resource to be uploaded by the first client, an identifier of an external link created by a second client, and storage location information corresponding to the external link;

searching, by the storage server, according to the identifier of the external link, a database configured to store external-link information for attributes of the external link corresponding to the identifier of the external link, the database comprising a data table, the data table comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row comprising information for a different resource stored in the database, a first one of the columns comprising the identifier of the external link, the other columns comprising attributes of the resource, and the attributes comprising a title, a content description, a format, a threshold size, a validity period, a password, and a download right of the corresponding resource;

checking the resource information according to a value of the found attribute, the resource information being checked by;

determining that a size of the resource corresponding to the resource information is not greater than the threshold size;

comparing words in the title of the resource information and words in the content description of the resource information with words in a database of sensitive words;

comparing the format of the resource with allowed file format extensions;

comparing a time with the validity period of the resource;

comparing an input password with the password stored in the data table; and

comparing an identity associated with the first client with the download right of the resource;

storing, by the storage server, the acquired resource or acquired resource location information, when the check succeeds, according to the storage location information;

providing, by the storage server, a resource information list to the first client, the resource information list comprising resource information of resources stored at the storage server from the first client;

receiving, by the storage server, a resource download request corresponding to one of the resources; and

sending, by the storage server, a resource download response that carries the one of the resources.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before storing, by the storage server, the acquired resource according to the storage location information, the method further comprises:

searching, by the storage server, according to a resource identifier in the resource information, a database configured to store resource location information for resource location information corresponding to the resource identifier; and

acquiring, according to the found resource location information, the resource stored at the server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein before receiving, by the storage server, the resource check request from the first client, the method further comprises sending, by the storage server, the resource information list to the first client, after the first client successfully logs in to the storage server, the resource information list comprising resource information of resources stored at the server by the first client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein before storing, by the storage server, the acquired resource location information according to the storage location information, the method further comprises searching, by the storage server, according to a resource identifier in the resource information, a database configured to store resource location information for resource location information corresponding to the resource identifier.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein after storing, by the storage server, the acquired resource location information according to the storage location information, the method further comprises sending, by the storage server, the resource acquired according to the resource location information to the second client when the second client needs to download the resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein before storing, by the storage server, the acquired resource according to the storage location information, the method further comprises:

sending, by the storage server, a resource check success response to the first client; and

receiving, by the storage server, the resource from the first client.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein before receiving, by the storage server, the resource check request from the first client, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the storage server, an external-link creation request from the second client, the external-link creation request carrying the value of the attribute of the external link;

reviewing, by the storage server, the value of the attribute of the external link;

generating, by the storage server, the identifier of the external link when the review is passed;

storing correspondence between the identifier of the external link and the value of the attribute of the external-link in the database configured to store external-link information; and

sending an external-link creation success response to the second client, the external-link creation success response carrying the identifier of the external link.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource information list comprises a first plurality of files stored on a first storage node and a second plurality of files stored on a second storage node.

8. A method for acquiring a resource comprising:

acquiring, by a first client, resource information of a resource to be uploaded;

sending, by the first client, a resource check request to a storage server, the resource check request carrying the resource information, an identifier of an external link created by a second client, and storage location information corresponding to the external link, the identifier of the external link being used to search a database configured to store external-link information for attributes of the external link, the database comprising a data table, the data table comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row comprising information for a different resource stored in the database, a first one of the columns comprising the identifier of the external link, the other columns comprising attributes of the resource, the attributes comprising a title, a content description, a format, a threshold size, a validity period, a password, and a download right of the corresponding resource, the resource information being checked according to a value of the found attribute, the acquired resource being stored by the storage server according to the storage location information after the check succeeds, the check succeeding when a size of the resource corresponding to the resource information is not greater than the threshold size, the check succeeding when words in the title of the resource information and words in the content description of the resource information are not included in a database of sensitive words, the check succeeding when the format of the resource matches allowed file format extensions, the check succeeding when a time is within the validity period of the resource, the check succeeding when an input password matches the password stored in the data table, and the check succeeding when an identity associated with the first client is included within the download right of the resource;

receiving, by the first client from the storage server, a resource information list that comprises resource information of resources stored at the storage server by the first client;

sending, by the first client, a resource download request corresponding to one of the resources; and

receiving, by the first client from the storage server, a resource download response that carries the one of the resources.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein acquiring, by the first client, the resource information of the resource to be uploaded comprises:

logging, by the first client, into the storage server;

receiving, by the first client, the resource information list from the storage server, the resource information list comprising resource information of the resources stored at the server by the first client; and

acquiring, by the first client, resource information selected by a public visitor from the resource information list.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein, after the storage server successfully performs the check, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first client, a resource check success response from the storage server; and

sending, by the first client, the resource to the storage server.

21. The method of claim 8, wherein the attribute of the external link further comprises a format of a resource corresponding to the external link.

23. The method of claim 8, wherein the resource information list comprises a first plurality of files stored on a first storage node and a second plurality of files stored on a second storage node.

11. A storage server comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the instructions executed by the processor causing the storage server to be configured to;

receive a resource check request from a first client, the resource check request carrying resource information of a resource to be uploaded by the first client, an identifier of an external link created by a second client, and storage location information corresponding to the external link;

search, according to the identifier of the external link, a database configured to store external-link information for attributes of the external link corresponding to the identifier of the external link, the database comprising a data table, the data table comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row comprising information for a different resource stored in the database, a first one of the columns comprising the identifier of the external link, the other columns comprising attributes of the resource, and the attributes comprising a title, a content description, a format, a threshold size, a validity period, a password, and a download right of the corresponding resource;

check, according to a value of the found attribute, the resource information, the resource information being checked by;

determining that a size of the resource corresponding to the resource information is not greater than the threshold size;

comparing words in a title of the resource information and words in a content description of the resource information with words in a database of sensitive words;

comparing the format of the resource with allowed file format extensions;

comparing a time with the validity period of the resource;

comparing an input password with the password stored in the data table; and

comparing an identity associated with the first client with the download right of the resource;

store the acquired resource or acquired resource location information according to the storage location information after the check is successfully performed;

provide a resource information list to the first client, the resource information list comprising resource information of resources stored at the storage server from the first client;

receive a resource download request corresponding to one of the resources; and

send a resource download response that carries the one of the resources.

12. The storage server of claim 11, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to:

search, according to a resource identifier in the resource information, a database configured to store resource location information for resource location information corresponding to the resource identifier; and

acquire, according to the found resource location information, the resource stored at the storage server.

13. The storage server of claim 11, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to search, according to a resource identifier in the resource information, a database configured to store resource location information for resource location information corresponding to the resource identifier.

14. The storage server of claim 13, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to send, when the second client needs to download a resource, the resource that is acquired according to the resource location information to the second client.

15. The storage server of claim 14, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to send, after the first client successfully logs in to the storage server, the resource information list to the first client, and the resource information list comprising resource information of resources stored at the server by the first client.

16. The storage server of claim 11, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to:

send a resource check success response to the first client; and

receive the resource from the first client.

17. The storage server of claim 11, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to:

receive an external-link creation request from the second client, the external-link creation request carrying the value of the attribute of the external link;

review the value of the attribute of the external link;

generate the identifier of the external link when the review is passed;

store correspondence between the identifier of the external link and the value of the attribute of the external link in the database configured to store external-link information; and

send an external-link creation success response to the second client, the external-link creation success response carrying the identifier of the external link.

18. The storage server of claim 11, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the storage server to be configured to:

check, according to a format of a resource corresponding to the external link and the size threshold of a resource corresponding to the external link, a format of the resource in the resource information and the size of the resource in the resource information;

determine that the check succeeds when the format of the resource in the resource information is the same as one format of the resource and the size of the resource in the resource information is not greater than the size threshold of the resource; and

determine that the check fails when the format of the resource in the resource information is not the same as one format of the resource or the size of the resource in the resource information is greater than the size threshold of the resource.

19. A terminal comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the instructions executed by the processor causing the terminal to be configured to;

acquire resource information of a resource to be uploaded by the client;

send a resource check request to a storage server, the resource check request carrying the resource information, an identifier of an external link created by a second client, and storage location information corresponding to the external link, the identifier of the external link being used to search a database configured to store external-link information for attributes of the external link, the database comprising a data table, the data table comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row comprising information for a different resource stored in the database, a first one of the columns comprising the identifier of the external link, the other columns comprising attributes of the resource, the attributes comprising a title, a content description, a format, a threshold size, a validity period, a password, and a download right of the corresponding resource, the resource information being checked according to a value of the found attribute, the acquired resource being stored by the storage server according to the storage location information after the check succeeds, the check succeeding when a size of the resource corresponding to the resource information is not greater than the threshold size, the check succeeding when words in the title of the resource information and words in the content description of the resource information are not included in a database of sensitive words, the check succeeding when the format of the resource matches allowed file format extensions, the check succeeding when a time is within the validity period of the resource, the check succeeding when an input password matches the password stored in the data table, and the check succeeding when an identity associated with the first client is included within the download right of the resource;

receive, from the storage server, a resource information list that comprises resource information of resources stored at the storage server by the first client;

send a resource download request corresponding to one of the resources; and

receive, from the storage server, a resource download response that carries the one of the resources.

20. The client of claim 19, wherein the instructions executed by the processor further cause the terminal to be configured to:

log in to the storage server;

receive, after logging into the storage server, the resource information list from the storage server, the resource information list comprising resource information of resources stored at the server by the first client; and

acquire resource information that is selected by a public visitor from the resource information list.