Web API recommendations based on usage in cloud-provided runtimes

• US 10,360,087 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2017
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Suter, Philippe, Baset, Salman A., Wittern, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lyons, Andrew M.
• Application Number:
  US15/795,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20190129773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3612 by runtime analysis performance monitoring G06F11/3466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/364 tracing values on a bus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method for recommending a web application programming interface (API) includes: a cloud computing service retrieving test source code from a remote computer of the developer; the cloud computing service determining whether a call to a first web API among a plurality of web APIs is present in the test source code; and when it is determined that the call is present, the cloud computing service reading at least one log file to extract information about at least one application that has used the first web API; the cloud computing service determining a first quality of the first web API from the log file; and the cloud computing service sending a message to the remote computer recommending a second web API among the web APIs having a second quality higher than the first quality.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for recommending a web application programming interface (API), the method comprising:

retrieving, by a cloud computing service, test source code from a remote computer;

determining, by the cloud computing service, whether a call to a first web API among a plurality of web APIs is present in the test source code; and

when it is determined that the call is present,

determining, by the cloud computing device, a parameter used by the call;

determining, by the cloud computing device, a first latency increase caused by the first web API using the parameter;

reading, by the cloud computing service, at least one log file to extract information about at least application that has used the first web API;

determining, by the cloud computing service, a first quality of the first web API from the extracted information and the first latency increase; and

sending, by the cloud computing service, a message to the remote computer recommending a second web API among the web APIs having a second quality higher than the first quality,

wherein the second quality is determined from a second latency increase caused by the second web API using the same parameter.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the cloud computing service determines the call is present when it determines a web action including a uniform resource locator (URL) is present in the test source code.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the URL is included in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request within the test code.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the log file includes a first time indicating when the call sent a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request to the first web API and a second time indicating when a response was received from the first web API based on the request.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the determining of the first quality comprises subtracting the second time from the first time to determine a first latency, the first quality is determined from the first latency and the first latency increase, and the second quality is determined from a second latency of the second web API and the second latency increase.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the first quality comprises:

determining a first count of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests sent to the first web API during a period of time;

determining a second count of the HTTP requests that were successful during the period;

determining a success rate by dividing the second count by the first count; and

setting the first quality based on the first latency increase and the success rate.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the determining of the second count is based on a status code in the log file indicating whether the HTTP requests were successful.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the message is sent after the cloud computing service determines the developer has entered the first web API into a code editor.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the cloud computing service sending a message to the remote computer indicating that a recommendation cannot be provided based on the test source code.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where the call is a web action and the executing instantiates a web activation associated with the web action.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the determining of the first quality comprises:

accessing the web activation to retrieve information indicating data passed to the web action; and

determining the first quality from the extracted information, the first latency increase, and the data.

12. A computer system for recommending a web application programming interface (API), the computer system comprising:

a memory storing a cloud computing service; and

a processor configured to execute the cloud computing service,

wherein the cloud computing service is configured to retrieve source code from a remote computer and determine whether a call to a first web API among a plurality of web APIs is present in the test source code,

wherein the cloud computing service determines a parameter used by the call, determines a first latency increase caused by the first web API using the parameter, reads at least one log file to extract information about at least one application that has used the first web API, determines a first quality of the first web API from the extracted information and the first latency increase, and sends a message to the remote computer recommending a second web API among the web APIs having a second quality higher than the first quality, when it determines that the call is present,

wherein the second quality is determined from a second latency increase caused by the second web API using the same parameter.

13. The computer system of claim 12, the cloud computing service determines the call is present it determines a web action including a uniform resource locator (URL) is present in the test source code.

14. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the URL is included in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request within the test code.

15. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the log file includes a first time indicating when the call sent a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request to the first web API and a second time indicating when a response was received from the first web API based on the request, wherein a first latency is determined by subtracting the second time from the first time, the first quality is determined from the first latency and the first latency increase, and the second quality is determined from a second latency of the second web API and the second latency increase.

16. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the cloud computing services determines the first quality by:

determining a first count of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests sent to the first web API during a period of time;

determining a second count of the HTTP requests that were successful during the period;

determining a success rate by dividing the second count by the first count; and

setting the first quality based on the first latency increase and the success rate.

17. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the message is sent after the cloud computing service determines the developer has entered the first web API into a code editor.

18. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the cloud computing service sends a message to the remote computer indicating that a recommendation cannot be provided based on the test source code.

19. A computer program product for recommending a web application programming interface (API), the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

retrieving test source code from a remote computer of the developer;

determining whether a call to a first web API among a plurality of web APIs is present in the test source code; and

when it is determined that the call is present,

determining a parameter used by the call;

determining a first latency increase caused by the first web API using the parameter;

reading at least one log file to extract information about at least one application that has used the first web API;

determining a first quality of the first web API from the extracted information and the first latency increase; and

sending a message to the remote computer recommending a second web API among the web APIs having a second quality higher than the first quality,

wherein the second quality is determined from a second latency increase caused by the second web API using the same parameter.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the cloud computing service determines the call is present when it determines a web action including a uniform resource locator (URL) is present in the test source code.