Registering network applications with an API framework

• US 8,561,088 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2008
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Jacob, Bruno, John, Jeyaseelan, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Lechi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kraft, Shih-Wei
• Application Number:
  US12/099,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20090254926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,016 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/462 Lookup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

A method for registering a network application with an application programming interface (API) framework. In operation, a registrar may send a registration message that associates a namespace with the network application to the API framework. In one implementation, the namespace associated with the network application may be a uniform resource identifier. In another implementation, the registration message may specify a format of the standardized clients, a security policy, and the application resources associated with the network application.

Claims

1. A method for registering a network application comprising a Web application with an application programming interface (API) framework, comprising:

sending, from a registrar, to the API framework a registration message that associates a namespace comprising a universal resource identifier (URI) with the network application and that specifies an application resource associated with the network application, the application resource comprising at least one of a blog post, a discussion board post, or a photo, the registration message configured to enable the API framework to create an API associated with the network application in response to receiving the registration message, the registration message comprising;

a format of a standardized client; and

a security policy for at least one of the network application or the application resource, the security policy specifying a rule for restricting access, by the standardized client, to at least one of the network application or the application resource; and

storing, by the registrar, create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) methods for the application resource associated with the network application, the CRUD methods configured to be invoked by a request comprising at least one of a representational state transfer (REST) request or a SOAP request from the API framework, the request from the API framework initiated in response to a hypertext transfer protocol request from the standardized client.

2. The method of claim 1, the format comprising Really Simple Syndication (RSS).

3. The method of claim 1, the format comprising ATOM Syndication.

4. The method of claim 1, the registrar comprised in an application server.

5. The method of claim 1, the API framework comprised in an API framework server.

6. The method of claim 1, the registrar comprised in an application server that is connected via a network to an API framework server comprising the API framework.

7. The method of claim 1, the application resource and the network application comprised in an application server.

8. The method of claim 7, the application server comprising the registrar.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising at least one of:

determining the application resource associated with the network application;

or

creating the CRUD methods.

10. The method of claim 6, the standardized client connected to at least one of the application server or the API framework server via the network.

11. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed via a microprocessor perform a method comprising:

sending, from a registrar, to an application programming interface (API) framework a registration message that associates a namespace comprising a universal resource identifier (URI) with a Web application and that specifies an application resource associated with the Web application, the application resource comprising at least one of a blog post, a discussion board post, or a photo, the registration message configured to enable the API framework to create an API associated with the Web application in response to receiving the registration message, the registration message comprising;

a format of a standardized client; and

a security policy for at least one of the Web application or the application resource, the security policy specifying a rule for restricting access, by the standardized client, to at least one of the Web application or the application resource; and

storing, by the registrar, create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) methods for the application resource associated with the Web application, the CRUD methods configured to be invoked by a request comprising at least one of a representational state transfer (REST) request or a SOAP request from the API framework, the request from the API framework initiated in response to a hypertext transfer protocol request from the standardized client.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the registrar comprised in an application server.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the API framework comprised in an API framework server.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the registrar comprised in an application server that is connected via a network to an API framework server comprising the API framework.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the standardized client connected to at least one of the application server or the API framework server via the network.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, the application resource and the Web application comprised in an application server.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, the application server comprising the registrar.

18. A computer system, comprising:

a first microprocessor; and

a first memory comprising program instructions executable by the first microprocessor to;

send, from a registrar, to an application programming interface (API) framework a registration message that associates a namespace comprising a universal resource identifier (URI) with a network application and that specifies an application resource associated with the network application, the application resource comprising at least one of a blog post, a discussion board post, or a photo, the registration message configured to enable the API framework to create an API associated with the network application in response to receiving the registration message, the registration message comprising;

a format of a client; and

a security policy for at least one of the network application or the application resource, the security policy specifying a rule for restricting access, by the client, to at least one of the network application or the application resource; and

store, by the registrar, one or more create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) methods for the application resource associated with the network application, the CRUD methods configured to be invoked by a request comprising at least one of a representational state transfer (REST) request or a SOAP request from the API framework, the request from the API framework initiated in response to a hypertext transfer protocol request from the client.

19. The computer system of claim 18, the registrar, the application resource and the network application comprised in an application server.

20. The computer system of claim 19, the application server connected via a network to an API framework server comprising the API framework.