Methods for implementing web services and devices thereof

• US 9,971,636 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Usablenet Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Usablenet Incorporated
• Inventors: Scoda, Enrico, Brondani, Marco
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Ronak
• Application Number:
  US13/534,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,148 Days
• Field of Search: 709219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications

Abstract

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that determines when a JavaScript file is associated with a received web service request. A JavaScript environment is emulated when the determining indicates the JavaScript file is associated with the received web service request. A JavaScript object including one or more parameters of the received web service request is created. The JavaScript file associated with the received web service request is executed in the emulated JavaScript environment using the JavaScript object. A web service response is constructed based on the JavaScript object as populated based on the executing. The constructed web service response is provided to a source of the received web service request.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a web service, the method comprising:

determining by a web content proxy server when a JavaScript file is associated with a received web service request based on a match of the JavaScript file with a portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the web service request;

emulating by the web content proxy server a JavaScript environment when the determining indicates the JavaScript file is associated with the received web service request;

creating by the web content proxy server a JavaScript object including one or more parameters of the received web service request;

executing by the web content proxy server the JavaScript file associated with the received web service request in the emulated JavaScript environment by passing the created JavaScript object including the one or more parameters of the received web service request to a function in the JavaScript file;

constructing by the web content proxy server a web service response based on the JavaScript object as populated based on the executing; and

providing by the web content proxy server the constructed web service response to a source of the received web service request.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising setting by the web content proxy server one or more cookies based on the constructed web service response.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising providing by the web content proxy server an error message to the source of the received web service request as a web service response when there is no determined JavaScript file associated with the received web service request.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the web content proxy server comprises at least one of a web service automator module, a web content optimization module, or a JavaScript environment emulator.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4 wherein the JavaScript environment emulator is configured to make asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) calls and execute web site transactions corresponding to functionality implemented by one or more web services.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the received web service request comprises at least one of a GET HTTP request, a POST HTTP request, a PUT HTTP request, or a DELETE HTTP request;

and

wherein the one or more parameters of the received web service request comprises a user name value or a password value.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the received web service request and the constructed web service response contain cookie and set-cookie headers, respectively.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for implementing a web service comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

determining when a JavaScript file is associated with a received web service request based on a match of the JavaScript file with a portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the web service request;

emulating a JavaScript environment when the determining indicates the JavaScript file is associated with the received web service request;

creating a JavaScript object including one or more parameters of the received web service request;

executing the JavaScript file associated with the received web service request in the emulated JavaScript environment by passing the JavaScript object including the one or more parameters of the received web service request to a function in the JavaScript file;

constructing a web service response based on the JavaScript object as populated based on the executing; and

providing the constructed web service response to a source of the received web service request.

9. The medium as set forth in claim 8 further having stored thereon machine executable code that when executed by the at least one processor causes the processor to perform one or more steps further comprising setting one or more cookies based on the constructed web service response.

10. The medium as set forth in claim 8 further having stored thereon machine executable code that when executed by the at least one processor causes the processor to perform one or more steps further comprising providing an error message to the source of the received web service request as a web service response when there is no determined JavaScript file associated with the received web service request.

11. The medium as set forth in claim 8 wherein the received web service request comprises at least one of a GET HTTP request, a POST HTTP request, a PUT HTTP request, or a DELETE HTTP request;

and

wherein the one or more parameters of the received web service request comprises a user name value or a password value.

12. The medium as set forth in claim 8 wherein the received web service request and the constructed web service response contain cookie and set-cookie headers, respectively.

20. The medium as set forth in claim 8 wherein the web content proxy server comprises at least one of a web service automator module, a web content optimization module, or a JavaScript environment emulator.

21. The medium as set forth in claim 8 wherein the JavaScript environment emulator is configured to make asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) calls and execute web site transactions corresponding to functionality implemented by one or more web services.

13. A web content proxy server apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors which are configured to execute programmed instructions comprising and stored in the memory to;

determine when a JavaScript file is associated with a received web service request based on a match of the JavaScript file with a portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the web service request;

emulate a JavaScript environment when the determining indicates the JavaScript file is associated with the received web service request;

create a JavaScript object including one or more parameters of the received web service request;

execute the JavaScript file associated with the received web service request in the emulated JavaScript environment by passing the JavaScript object including the one or more parameters of the received web service request to a function in the JavaScript file;

construct a web service response based on the JavaScript object as populated based on the executing; and

provide the constructed web service response to a source of the received web service request.

14. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute one or more programmed instructions comprising and stored in the memory to set one or more cookies based on the constructed web service response.

15. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to execute one or more programmed instructions comprising and stored in the memory to provide an error message to the source of the received web service request as a web service response when there is no determined JavaScript file associated with the received web service request.

16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 further comprising at least one of a web service automator module, a web content optimization module, or a JavaScript environment emulator.

17. The apparatus as set forth in claim 16 wherein the JavaScript environment emulator is configured to make asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) calls and execute web site transactions corresponding to functionality implemented by one or more web services.

18. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the received web service request comprises at least one of a GET HTTP request, a POST HTTP request, a PUT HTTP request, or a DELETE HTTP request;

and

wherein the one or more parameters of the received web service request comprises a user name value or a password value.

19. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the received web service request and the constructed web service response contain cookie and set-cookie headers, respectively.