Automated Session Identifier Propagation for Parallel HTTP Testing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Stateless communication protocols, such as HTTP, lack the ability to differentiate between associated request messages, leading to inefficiencies like serial server testing instead of parallel testing.
Innovation Solution
Automated identifier propagation systems and methods that append a session or rule identifier to request URLs, enabling state information for request messages and allowing parallel processing and analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If stateless communication protocols are used, then simplicity and ease of operation are improved, but the ability to differentiate between associated request messages deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces session identifiers as intermediary elements that carry state information through the stateless HTTP protocol. These identifiers act as mediators between the client and server, enabling stateful communication patterns over stateless protocols by embedding state information in URL parameters that can be propagated across requests.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the URL structure by adding session identifier parameters to the request component of URLs. This parameter change allows the stateless HTTP protocol to convey state information by appending session identifiers to URLs, transforming the protocol's behavior from purely stateless to state-aware through parameter modification.
2Loss of information
If session identifiers are propagated through URL parameters, then the ability to differentiate requests is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts state information from complex session management systems and condenses it into simple URL parameters. By taking out only the essential session identifier and placing it in the URL, the system maintains state information without the complexity of full session management infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The session identifier propagated through URLs serves multiple functions: it differentiates between associated requests, enables parallel testing, allows for analytics tracking, and maintains state information. This single parameter performs multiple roles that would otherwise require separate systems, reducing overall device complexity.
3Reliability
If request messages are processed in series, then state information can be maintained, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-generating and propagating session identifiers to all request messages before processing. This allows the server to recognize and differentiate between associated requests in advance, enabling parallel processing of what would otherwise need to be handled sequentially, thus improving productivity while maintaining state information.
Data Source
AI summary
This application relates generally to automated systems and methods for identifier propagation across uniform resource locator requests. In an embodiment, a system includes at least one processor operatively coupled with a datastore, the at least one processor configured to receive, from a user device, a request message comprising a request component uniform resource locator. The at least one processor is further configured to produce a redirect uniform resource locator in response to the request message not comprising a session identifier, where the redirect uniform resource locator comprises a current session identifier appended to the request component uniform resource locator. The at least one processor is further configured to send, to the user device, a redirection instruction comprising the redirect uniform resource locator, where the redirection instruction indicates that a resource requested by the request message has been temporarily moved to the redirect uniform resource locator.