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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Julian T. Dolby, Bronx, NY (US);
Jim A. Laredo, Katonah, NY (US);
John E. Wittern, New York, NY (US);
Annie T. T. Ying, White Plains, NY (US);
Yunhui Zheng, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A debugging tool and method for statically verifying programs that invoke web-based services through API calls is provided. The tool receives source code that comprises one or more invocation of web APIs for requesting web-based services. The tool also receives a set of web API specifications. The tool extracts a set of request information for each web API invocation in the source code, the set of request information including a usage string of an URL endpoint. The tool verifies whether the set of request information complies with the received web API specifications and reports a result of the verification.