WO2012155632A1

WO2012155632A1 - Method and apparatus for automatically detecting northbound interface

Info

Publication number: WO2012155632A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/072363
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵西坦; 刘金洋
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-10-17
Filing date: 2012-03-15
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: CN103051467A

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for automatically detecting a northbound interface. The method comprises: reading a preset configuration file, and obtaining an interface list to be detected from the configuration file; and sending an invocation instruction sequentially to an interface in the interface list to be detected, receiving result data returned by the interface, and comparing result data returned by each interface and preset standard template data separately, so as to obtain detection results of all interfaces in the interface list to be detected. Correspondingly, further disclosed is an apparatus for automatically detecting a northbound interface. With the technical solution of the present invention, automation and intellectualization of northbound interface detection can be implemented, and early warning is provided for an interface problem in advance, so as to improve the maintenance efficiency, so that maintenance personnel may discover and position a fault in a more timely, accurate, and efficient fashion, so as to provide guarantee for quickly solving the fault and improve management efficiency of network management.

Description

North direction interface automatic detection method and device

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a northbound interface automatic detection method and apparatus. Background technique

With the rapid development of the communication industry, the scale of the network continues to expand, the types and quantities of devices increase rapidly, and the applications of communication network management and northbound interface systems with network-wide monitoring, management, and maintenance functions are increasingly widespread, and whether the northbound interface system is stable. It will directly affect the operator's daily maintenance and customer satisfaction, so the detection and analysis of the interface operating status is a very important task.

At present, the northbound interface detection mode is mainly performed by manually checking the log and the process information, which is not only complicated in operation, low in efficiency, high in maintenance cost, but also not timely, and when a function module has a problem, only when the function interface is called It will be found that there is an abnormality that cannot be discovered in advance and affects the user's use. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for automatically detecting a northbound interface, so as to solve the problems of low efficiency, cumbersome operation, high maintenance cost, and untimely warning in the northbound interface detection in the prior art.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for automatically detecting a northbound interface, including:

Read a preset configuration file, obtain a list of interfaces to be detected from the configuration file, send a call instruction to the interface in the interface to be detected, and receive the result data returned by the interface, and respectively return the result data returned by each interface. Set the standard template data into Line comparison, obtain the detection results of all interfaces in the list of interfaces to be detected.

Preferably, the call instruction is sent to the interface in the interface list to be detected, and the result data returned by the interface is received, and the result data returned by each interface is compared with the preset standard template data, and all the interfaces to be detected are obtained. The detection result of the interface specifically includes: Step 1: Send a call instruction to an interface in the list of interfaces to be detected;

Step 2: Receive the result data returned by the interface, compare the result data returned by the interface with the standard template data, and obtain the detection result of the interface;

Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the detection results of all interfaces in the interface list to be detected are obtained.

Preferably, the result data returned by the interface is compared with the standard template data, and the detection result of the interface includes: comparing the result data returned by the interface with the standard template data, and if the result data returned by the interface is consistent with the standard template data, The detection result of the interface is determined by the detection, and the detection result is recorded. If the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data, the detection result of the interface is determined to be unpassed, the detection result is recorded, and the result returned by the interface is recorded in the detection result. The number of rows in which the data is inconsistent with the standard template data.

Preferably, the configuration file further includes: maintenance personnel information corresponding to each interface to be detected. Preferably, after obtaining the detection result of all interfaces in the interface to be detected, the method further includes:

The detection result of all the interfaces in the detection interface list is analyzed, the pass rate of the current test is counted, and the overall detection result is sent to the corresponding maintenance personnel according to the maintenance personnel information in the configuration file, wherein the overall detection result includes: The time of detection, the pass rate of this test, the interface that the local test failed, and the maintenance personnel information corresponding to the failed interface.

The embodiment of the invention further provides an automatic detection device for the northbound interface, comprising:

a configuration information module, configured to save a preset configuration file;

Get module, set to read the configuration file from the configuration information module, get from the configuration file Take a list of detection interfaces;

The interface calling module is configured to send a call instruction to the interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and receive the result data returned by the interface;

The detection module is configured to compare the result data returned by each interface with the preset standard template data, and obtain detection results of all interfaces in the interface list to be detected.

Preferably, the interface calling module is specifically configured to: send a calling instruction to an interface in the interface to be detected, receive the result data returned by the interface, invoke the detecting module, and after the detecting module completes, sequentially call the list of the interface to be detected. Other interfaces, until the last interface in the list of interfaces to be detected is called, wherein the detection module is called after each interface is called; the detection module is specifically set to: compare the result data returned by an interface with the standard template data, and obtain The detection result of the interface, the calling interface calling module, after the execution of the interface calling module, the detection results of the other interfaces in the interface to be detected are obtained, and the detection results of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected are obtained, where each acquisition is obtained. The interface call module is called after the detection result of an interface.

Preferably, the detecting module is specifically configured to: compare the result data returned by the interface with the standard template data, and if the result data returned by the interface is consistent with the standard template data, determine that the detection result of the interface is to pass the detection, and the detection result is recorded, if the interface If the returned result data is inconsistent with the standard template data, the detection result of the interface is determined to be unpassed, the detection result is recorded, and the number of rows in which the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data is recorded in the detection result.

Preferably, the configuration file further includes: maintenance personnel information corresponding to each interface to be detected. Preferably, the device further includes: an analysis module, configured to analyze the detection result of all the interfaces in the list of the interfaces to be detected, calculate the pass rate of the current test, and send the overall detection result to the corresponding according to the maintenance personnel information in the configuration file. The maintenance personnel, wherein the overall test results include: the time of the test, the pass rate of the test, the interface that the local test failed, and the maintenance personnel information corresponding to the failed interface. The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows:

By comparing the result data returned by the interface with the preset standard template data, the detection result is obtained, which solves the problems of low efficiency, cumbersome operation, high maintenance cost, and untimely warning in the northbound interface detection in the prior art. It can automate and intelligentize the northbound interface detection, and provide early warning for interface problems, improve maintenance efficiency, enable maintenance personnel to detect and locate faults more timely, accurately, and efficiently, and provide guarantees for quickly solving faults and improve the network. Management efficiency of management. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for automatically detecting a northbound interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of detailed processing of a northbound interface automatic detection method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart of detection analysis processing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of sending a detection result according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of a northbound interface automatic detecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a northbound interface automatic detecting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

In order to solve the problem that the northbound interface detection in the prior art is low in efficiency, cumbersome in operation, high in maintenance cost, and unpredictable in time, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for automatically detecting a northbound interface, and specifically, the embodiment of the present invention A northbound interface automatic diagnostic analysis method and apparatus based on data comparison is provided, which includes the following processes: reading a list of interfaces in a configuration file, issuing a command invoked by an interface, returning result data by the interface, and then comparing the result data with a standard template. The data is compared and judged whether an interface is normal. After all interfaces are detected, the detection result is statistically analyzed, and the detection result is sent to the relevant maintenance personnel. The above treatments all reflect the operations that require manual intervention, all of which are automated, demand-oriented, improve maintenance efficiency, enable maintenance personnel to detect and locate faults more timely, accurately, and efficiently, and provide fault resolution quickly. The protection of the network management improves the management efficiency of the network management; and the northbound interface automatic detecting device of the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, high reliability, simple implementation in practical applications, and practical application value. The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Method embodiment

1 is a flowchart of a method for automatically detecting a northbound interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a method for automatically detecting a northbound interface according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following processing:

Step 101: Read a preset configuration file, and obtain a list of interfaces to be detected from the configuration file.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration file includes a list of interfaces to be detected, and may further include maintenance personnel information corresponding to each interface to be detected.

Step 102: Send a call instruction to the interface in the interface to be detected, and receive the result data returned by the interface, and compare the result data returned by each interface with the preset standard template data to obtain all the interfaces to be detected. The detection result of the interface.

In step 102, the implementation may be specifically implemented as follows:

Step 1: Send a call instruction to an interface in the list of interfaces to be detected;

Specifically, the result data returned by the interface is compared with the standard template data. If the result data returned by the interface is consistent with the standard template data, the detection result of the interface is determined to pass the detection, and the detection result is recorded, if the result data and the standard returned by the interface are If the template data is inconsistent, the detection result of the interface is determined to be unpassed, the detection result is recorded, and the number of rows in which the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data is recorded in the detection result.

Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the detection result of all interfaces in the interface list to be detected is obtained. After performing step 102, the following processing can also be performed:

The above technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below.

Step 1: Read the configuration file to obtain the list of interfaces to be detected. The configuration file is configured with the list of interfaces to be tested and the maintenance personnel corresponding to the interface. After the system is running, the configuration file is read first, and the list of interfaces to be detected is obtained.

Step 2: Send the command, call the interface: The system sends the command to invoke the interface, calls the first interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, saves the result returned by the interface, and then proceeds to step 3 for judgment analysis. After the execution of step 3 is completed, call other interfaces in the interface list one by one, and repeat steps 2 and 3 until the last interface is called.

Step 3: Compare and return the result returned by the interface with the standard template data: The system compares the returned result with the standard template data. If the data is consistent with the standard template data, the interface is considered to pass the test, and the test result is recorded; If the template data is inconsistent, the interface is considered to fail to pass, and the number of inconsistent lines in the result data is recorded. Member: After all interfaces have been tested, the system reads the test results and counts the pass rate of the test: the number of passes/tests, and then sends the overall test results to the relevant maintenance personnel, including the time and pass rate of the test. , the interface that does not pass, and the corresponding maintenance personnel.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of detailed processing of the northbound interface automatic detecting method according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the following processing is included:

S201. After the system is started, first read the list of interfaces to be detected from the configuration file. 5202. The system calls an interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and starts from the first interface.

5203. The system compares the result returned by the interface with the standard template data, analyzes whether the analysis is consistent, and records the detection and analysis result.

5204, determining whether it is the last interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and if yes, transferring the record to the current detection result; if not, proceeding to step S202 to start the call of the next interface;

5205, record the test results.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of detection and analysis processing according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the following processing is included:

S301: The system compares the result returned by the interface with the standard template data line by line.

5302. Determine whether the data is identical to the standard template data.

5303. If the data is consistent with the standard template data, the system considers that the interface is detected as pass, and saves the interface detection result to the result file.

If the interface is not detected, the number of inconsistent lines in the result data and the maintenance personnel corresponding to the interface are saved to the result file.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of sending a detection result according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, including the following processing:

S401. Read the detection result of all interfaces from the detection result file.

5402, the pass rate of this test is counted: the number of passes detected / the total number of tests.

5403. Record the interface that the statistical test fails and the corresponding maintenance personnel.

5404: Send the test result to the relevant maintenance personnel, including the time, pass rate, interface that failed, and the corresponding maintenance personnel.

The embodiments of the present invention all reflect the operations that need manual intervention, all of which are automated, demand-oriented, improve maintenance efficiency, and enable maintenance personnel to discover and locate faults more timely, accurately, and efficiently, and provide faults for quick troubleshooting. Guarantee, improve the management effect of network management The northbound interface automatic detecting device of the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, high reliability, simple implementation in practical applications, and practical application value.

Device embodiment

5 is a schematic structural diagram of a northbound interface automatic detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the northbound interface automatic detecting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a configuration information module 50, an obtaining module 52, an interface calling module 54, And the detecting module 56, each module of the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below.

The configuration information module 50 is configured to save a preset configuration file. Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration file includes a list of interfaces to be detected, and may further include maintenance personnel information corresponding to each interface to be detected.

The obtaining module 52 is configured to read the configuration file from the configuration information module 50, and obtain a list of interfaces to be detected from the configuration file;

The interface invoking module 54 is configured to sequentially send a calling instruction to the interface in the interface to be detected list, and receive the result data returned by the interface;

The detecting module 56 is configured to compare the result data returned by each interface with the preset standard template data, and obtain the detection results of all the interfaces in the interface list to be detected.

The interface invoking module 54 is specifically configured to: send a calling instruction to an interface in the interface to be detected, receive the result data returned by the interface, and call the detecting module 56, and after the detecting module 56 completes, sequentially call the list of the interface to be detected. Other interfaces, until the last interface in the list of interfaces to be detected is called, wherein the detection module 56 is called after each interface is invoked; the detection module 56 is specifically configured to: compare the result data returned by an interface with the standard template data. The detection result of the interface is obtained, and the interface calling module 54 is called. After the interface calling module 54 is executed, the detection results of other interfaces in the interface to be detected are obtained in sequence, and the detection results of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected are obtained. The interface calling module 54 is called after each detection result of the interface is acquired. Wherein, the detection module 56 returns the result of the interface. The data is compared with the standard template data. If the result data returned by the interface is consistent with the standard template data, the detection result of the interface is determined to pass the detection, and the detection result is recorded. If the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data, the interface is determined. The detection result is that the detection fails, the detection result is recorded, and the number of rows in which the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data is recorded in the detection result.

Preferably, the northbound interface automatic detecting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes: an analyzing module, configured to analyze the detection result of all the interfaces in the list of the interfaces to be detected, and calculate the passing rate of the current detecting, and according to the maintenance in the configuration file The personnel information sends the overall test result to the corresponding maintenance personnel. The overall test result includes: the time of the test, the pass rate of the test, the interface that failed the local test, and the maintenance personnel corresponding to the failed interface. information.

The above technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a northbound interface automatic detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the method includes:

The flow control unit 60 is an overall process control module of the system, and the system flow unit 60 controls the sequence of execution of the system as follows: configuration information read-interface call-result analysis-detection result transmission.

The configuration information sheet is saved. The configuration file is saved. The configuration file is configured with the interface to be detected and the maintenance personnel corresponding to the interface. After the system is running, the configuration file is read first to obtain the list of interfaces to be detected.

The interface invoking unit 64 is set to invoke the command of the sending interface, call the first interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, record the result returned by the interface, and then transfer to the judgment analysis. After the execution is completed, the other interfaces in the interface list are called in turn until the last interface is called.

The detection and analysis unit 66 is configured to perform a comparison analysis, and compare the result returned by the calling interface with the standard template data. If the data is consistent with the standard template data, the interface is considered to pass the test. And the detection result is recorded. If the data is inconsistent with the standard template data, the interface is considered to fail to pass, and the number of inconsistent lines in the result data and the maintenance personnel corresponding to the interface are recorded.

The sending unit 68 is configured to read the detection result after the all interfaces are detected, and count the passing rate of the current detection: the number of detection passes/the total number of detections, and then send the overall detection result to the relevant maintenance personnel, including the current detection. Time, pass rate, and interfaces that do not pass, corresponding maintenance personnel.

5201. Under the control of the flow control unit 60, after the system is started, the list of interfaces to be detected is first read from the configuration file of the configuration information sheet 62.

5202, the interface invoking unit 64 calls an interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and starts calling from the first interface.

5203. The detection and analysis unit 66 compares the result returned by the interface with the standard template data, analyzes whether the analysis is consistent, and records the detection analysis result.

S204, the interface invoking unit 64 determines whether it is the last interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and if so, the transfer result transmitting unit 68 records the current detection result; if not, proceeds to step S202 to start the next interface. transfer;

S205, recording the detection result.

5301. The detection and analysis unit 66 compares the result returned by the interface with the standard template data line by line.

5302. The detection analysis unit 66 determines whether the data is completely consistent with the standard template data.

5303. If it is consistent with the standard template data, the detection and analysis unit 66 considers that the interface is detected as passing, and saves the interface detection result to the result file. S304, if it is inconsistent with the standard template data, the detection and analysis unit 66 considers that the interface is detected as not passing, and saves the number of rows inconsistent in the result data and the maintenance personnel corresponding to the interface to the result file.

5401. The result transmitting unit 68 reads the detection results of all the interfaces from the detection result file.

5402. The result sending unit 68 counts the pass rate of the current test: the number of detected passes/the total number of detections.

5403. The result sending unit 68 records an interface that does not pass the statistical detection and the corresponding maintenance personnel. Measured time, pass rate, interface that does not pass, and corresponding maintenance personnel.

The embodiments of the present invention all reflect the operations that need manual intervention, all of which are automated, demand-oriented, improve maintenance efficiency, and enable maintenance personnel to discover and locate faults more timely, accurately, and efficiently, and provide faults for quick troubleshooting. The protection of the network management is improved. The northbound interface automatic detection device of the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, high reliability, simple implementation in practical applications, and practical application value.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for purposes of illustration, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, and the scope of the invention should not be limited to the embodiments described above. Industrial applicability

The invention compares the result data returned by the interface with the preset standard template data, and obtains the detection result, which solves the low efficiency, the cumbersome operation, the high maintenance cost and the unpredictable early warning in the northbound interface detection in the prior art. The problem is that the northbound interface detection can be automated and intelligent, and the interface is pre-warned to improve the maintenance efficiency, so that the maintenance personnel can find and locate faults more timely, accurately, and efficiently, and provide guarantees for quickly solving faults. The management efficiency of network management.

Claims

Claim

1. A northbound interface automatic detection method, wherein the method comprises:

Reading a preset configuration file, obtaining a list of interfaces to be detected from the configuration file; sequentially sending a call instruction to the interface in the interface to be detected, and receiving result data returned by the interface, and returning each interface The result data is compared with the preset standard template data, and the detection results of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected are obtained.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sequence sends a call instruction to an interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and receives result data returned by the interface, and returns the result data of each interface. The detection result of all interfaces in the to-be-detected interface list is obtained by comparing with the preset standard template data:

Step 2: Receive result data returned by the interface, compare result data returned by the interface with the standard template data, and obtain a detection result of the interface.

Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the detection result of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected is obtained.

The method of claim 2, wherein comparing the result data returned by the interface with the standard template data, and obtaining the detection result of the interface specifically includes:

The result data returned by the interface is compared with the standard template data, and the result data returned by the interface is consistent with the standard template data, and the detection result of the interface is determined to pass the detection, and the detection result is recorded; If the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data, the detection result of the interface is determined to be unpassed, the detection result is recorded, and the result returned by the interface is recorded in the detection result. The number of rows in which the data is inconsistent with the standard template data.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the configuration file further includes: maintenance personnel information corresponding to each interface to be detected.

The method of claim 4, wherein after obtaining the detection result of all interfaces in the to-be-detected interface list, the method further includes:

The detection result of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected is analyzed, and the pass rate of the current test is counted, and the overall test result is sent to the corresponding maintenance personnel according to the maintenance personnel information in the configuration file, where The overall detection result includes: the time of the current detection, the passing rate of the current detection, the interface that the local detection fails, and the maintenance personnel information corresponding to the failed interface.

6. A northbound interface automatic detecting device, wherein the device comprises:

An obtaining module, configured to read the configuration file from the configuration information module, and obtain a list of interfaces to be detected from the configuration file;

The interface calling module is configured to send a call instruction to the interface in the list of interfaces to be detected, and receive result data returned by the interface;

The detecting module is configured to compare the result data returned by each interface with the preset standard template data, and obtain the detection result of all interfaces in the interface to be detected.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

The interface calling module is specifically configured to: send a call instruction to an interface in the to-be-detected interface list, receive result data returned by the interface, invoke the detecting module, and after the detecting module finishes executing, sequentially Calling the other interface in the to-be-detected interface list, until the last interface in the to-be-detected interface list is called, where the detection module is called after each interface is called;

The detecting module is specifically configured to: compare the result data returned by an interface with the standard template data, obtain a detection result of the interface, invoke the interface calling module, and execute the module in the interface After the completion, sequentially obtain the list of the interfaces to be detected. The detection result of the other interfaces is obtained until the detection result of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected is obtained, and the interface calling module is called after each detection result of the interface is acquired.

The device of claim 7, wherein the detecting module is specifically configured to: compare result data returned by the interface with the standard template data, and the result data returned by the interface is consistent with the standard template data. And determining, by the detection, that the detection result of the interface is that the detection result is recorded; if the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data, determining that the detection result of the interface is failing detection, and recording the And detecting a result, and recording, in the detection result, a number of rows in which the result data returned by the interface is inconsistent with the standard template data.

The device according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the configuration file further comprises: maintenance personnel information corresponding to each interface to be detected.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the device further comprises:

The analysis module is configured to analyze the detection result of all the interfaces in the interface to be detected, collect the pass rate of the current test, and send the overall detection result to the corresponding according to the maintenance personnel information in the configuration file. The maintenance personnel, wherein the overall detection result includes: the time of the current detection, the passing rate of the current detection, the interface that the local detection fails, and the maintenance personnel information corresponding to the failed interface.