API Adapter Health Determination via Automated Test Scenario Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automatically generated API adapters require costly, time-consuming, and labor-intensive health confirmation processes due to the need for specialized knowledge and integration test scenario execution.
Innovation Solution
An API adapter test system comprising a developer terminal, an API adapter test assistance device, and a service API simulation device that facilitates health determination through data transmission, simulation, and test scenario execution, allowing for the easy assessment of API adapter health without requiring extensive operator knowledge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual health confirmation of API adapter is performed using integration test scenario information, then testing accuracy is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service testing by automatically generating test scenarios from API specifications and executing them without requiring operator knowledge of adapter operations. The API adapter test assistance device autonomously performs health determination by comparing actual responses with expected responses generated from specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary test assistance device that mediates between the operator and the complex testing process. This device handles the complexity of integration test scenarios by automatically generating and executing tests based on API specifications, shielding the operator from operational complexity while maintaining testing accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If specialized knowledge and skills are required for API adapter testing, then testing precision is improved, but labor cost and time investment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service testing by automatically generating test scenarios from API specifications and executing them without requiring operator knowledge of adapter operations. The API adapter test assistance device autonomously performs health determination by comparing actual responses with expected responses generated from specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating expected response data from API specifications before actual testing. This allows the system to automatically compare actual adapter responses with pre-computed expected responses, eliminating the need for operators to understand complex testing procedures while maintaining high precision.
3Reliability
If comprehensive integration test scenarios are used for health determination, then reliability of testing is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service testing by automatically generating test scenarios from API specifications and executing them without requiring operator knowledge of adapter operations. The API adapter test assistance device autonomously performs health determination by comparing actual responses with expected responses generated from specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The test assistance device performs multiple functions including automatic test scenario generation, test execution, and health determination based on API specifications. This universal approach handles various testing needs through a single integrated system, managing complexity through functional consolidation rather than requiring separate specialized systems.
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AI summary
Provided is an API adapter test system capable of easily determining the health of an API adapter. An API adapter test system 1 includes: an API adapter test assistance device 20 that assists a health determination test of a predetermined API adapter; a developer terminal 10; and a wholesale API simulation device 30. The API adapter test assistance device 20 includes: a wholesale service API simulation function deployment unit 24 that deploys an execution file for causing the API adapter to execute a simulation conversion process in the wholesale service API simulation device 30; a test scenario creation unit 25 that generates test scenario information indicating a response content expected to be obtained by the simulation conversion process for each query pattern used in the test process; and a test result information generation unit 27 that determines, for each query pattern, whether the expected response content is obtained by the simulation conversion process, and transmits generated test result information to the developer terminal 10.