Document rendering service

• US 9,467,434 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Shmulevich, Igor A.
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Michael S
• Application Number:
  US14/324,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20150020177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 726/6
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Disclosed are some examples of systems, methods and storage media for generating a platform-independent document. In some implementations, a system is capable of receiving a request to generate a platform-independent document, the request including markup language content. The system is further capable of providing the markup language content to a rendering engine. The system is further capable of intercepting resource requests communicated from the rendering engine. The system is further capable of communicating the intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to retrieve resources identified in the intercepted requests. The system is further capable of receiving resources retrieved based on the communicated intercepted requests. The system is further capable of providing the retrieved resources to the rendering engine, which subsequently renders the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the retrieved resources.

Claims

1. A system for generating a platform-independent document comprising:

a database system implemented using a server system, the server system including one or more processors and one or more storage devices, the database system configurable to implement a document-rendering service configurable to;

receive a request to generate a platform-independent document based on a renderable web document, the request including markup language content for the renderable web document;

provide the markup language content to a rendering engine of the document-rendering service, the rendering engine being configured to;

parse the markup language content, generate one or more resource requests for resources identified in the parsed markup language content, and communicate the one or more resource requests;

intercept the one or more resource requests communicated from the rendering engine;

communicate the one or more intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to retrieve resources identified in the one or more intercepted requests;

receive resources retrieved based on the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

provide the received resources to the rendering engine, the rendering engine being further configured to generate the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the provided resources; and

provide the generated platform-independent document for communication to a remote computing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the database system is further configurable to implement an on-demand service to:

generate the renderable web document including the markup language content;

communicate the request to generate the platform-independent document to the document-rendering service;

receive the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

retrieve the resources identified in the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests; and

communicate the retrieved resources to the document-rendering service.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the on-demand service is further configurable to:

receive the generated platform-independent document from the document-rendering service; and

communicate the generated platform-independent document to the remote computing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the rendering engine uses the Webkit®

platform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the platform-independent document is a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

6. A system for generating a platform-independent document comprising:

a database system implemented using a server system, the server system including one or more processors and one or more storage devices, the database system configurable to implement a document-rendering service using one or more first servers of the server system and to implement an on-demand service using one or more second servers of the server system different than the one or more first servers;

the document-rendering service configurable to;

receive a request from the on-demand service to generate a platform-independent document based on a renderable web document, the request including markup language content for the renderable web document;

provide the markup language content to a rendering engine of the document-rendering service, the rendering engine being configured to;

parse the markup language content, generate one or more resource requests for resources identified in the parsed markup language content, and communicate the one or more resource requests;

intercept the one or more resource requests communicated from the rendering engine;

communicate the one or more intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to the on-demand service;

receive, from the on-demand service, resources retrieved based on the communicated one or more intercepted requests or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

provide the received resources to the rendering engine, the rendering engine being further configured to generate the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the provided resources; and

provide the generated platform-independent document to the on-demand service; and

the on-demand service configurable to;

generate the renderable web document including the markup language content;

communicate the request to generate the platform-independent document to the document-rendering service;

receive the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, from the document-rendering service;

retrieve the resources identified in the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

communicate the retrieved resources to the document-rendering service.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the on-demand service is further configurable to:

receive the generated platform-independent document from the document-rendering service; and

communicate the generated platform-independent document to the remote computing device.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the on-demand service is further configurable to:

in response to receiving, from the document-rendering service, a request for an internally-located resource within the database system that requires authentication, generate a security token that provides authentication for the resource;

attach the security token to the request for the internally-located resource and communicate the request to retrieve the resource; and

remove the security token before communicating the retrieved resource to the document-rendering service.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the on-demand service is further configurable to:

in response to receiving, from the document-rendering service, a request for an externally-located resource outside the database system, whitelist the request and communicate the whitelisted request to retrieve the externally-located resource.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the rendering engine uses the Webkit®

platform.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more second servers communicate with the one or more first servers over an HTTPS link.

12. A computer-implemented method for generating a platform-independent document comprising:

receiving, by a document-rendering service implemented using one or more first servers of a database system, a request to generate a platform-independent document based on a renderable web document, the request including markup language content for the renderable web document;

providing, by the document-rendering service, the markup language content to a rendering engine of the document-rendering service, the rendering engine being configured to;

parse the markup language content, generate one or more resource requests for resources identified in the parsed markup language content, and communicate the one or more resource requests;

intercepting, by the document-rendering service, the one or more resource requests communicated from the rendering engine;

communicating, by the document-rendering service, the one or more intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to retrieve resources identified in the one or more intercepted requests;

receiving, by the document-rendering service, resources retrieved based on the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

providing, by the document-rendering service, the received resources to the rendering engine, the rendering engine being further configured to generate the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the provided resources; and

providing, by the document-rendering service, the generated platform-independent document for communication to a remote computing device.

13. The method of claim 12, further including:

generating, by an on-demand service implemented using one or more second servers of the database system different than the one or more first servers, the renderable web document including the markup language content;

communicating, by the on-demand service, the request to generate the platform-independent document to the document-rendering service;

receiving, by the on-demand service, the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

retrieving, by the on-demand service, the resources identified in the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests; and

communicating, by the on-demand service, the retrieved resources to the document-rendering service.

14. The method of claim 13, the method further including:

receiving, by the on-demand service, the generated platform-independent document from the document-rendering service; and

communicating, by the on-demand service, the generated platform-independent document to the remote computing device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the rendering engine uses the Webkit®

platform.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the platform-independent document is a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors to cause operations to be performed including:

receiving, by one or more first servers of a database system, a request to generate a platform-independent document based on a renderable web document, the request including markup language content for the renderable web document;

providing, by the one or more first servers, the markup language content to a rendering engine of the one or more first servers, the rendering engine being configured to;

parse the markup language content, generate one or more resource requests for resources identified in the parsed markup language content, and communicate the one or more resource requests;

intercepting, by the one or more first servers, the one or more resource requests communicated from the rendering engine;

communicating, by the one or more first servers, the one or more intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to retrieve resources identified in the one or more intercepted requests;

receiving, by the one or more first servers, resources retrieved based on the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests; and

providing, by the one or more first servers, the received resources to the rendering engine, the rendering engine being further configured to generate the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the provided resources; and

providing, by the one or more first servers, the generated platform-independent document for communication to a remote computing device.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the operations further including:

generating, by one or more second servers of the database system different than the one or more first servers, the renderable web document including the markup language content;

communicating, by the one or more second servers, the request to generate the platform-independent document to the document-rendering service;

receiving, by the one or more second servers, the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests;

retrieving, by the one or more second servers, the resources identified in the communicated one or more intercepted requests, or the communicated one or more requests based on the intercepted requests; and

communicating, by the one or more second servers, the retrieved resources to the one or more first servers.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, the operations further including:

receiving, by the one or more second servers, the generated platform-independent document from the one or more first servers; and

communicating, by the one or more second servers, the generated platform-independent document to the remote computing device.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the rendering engine uses the Webkit®

platform.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the platform-independent document is a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.