Patent ID: 8145726

Claim:
A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the processor to implement a Web resource validation service configured to: receive a request from a client system, wherein the request is formatted in accordance with a request schema for requests to the Web resource validation service; in response to the request from the client system: send, via a network, a remote service request specified by the request to a remote Web entity under test specified by the request, wherein the Web entity under test is implemented on another system remote, over the network, to the system implementing the Web resource validation service; receive a remote service response to the remote service request from the Web entity under test; validate the remote service response in accordance with validation requirements for the remote service response specified in the request received from the client or in another request; and return results of said validation in a response to the client system, wherein said response is formatted in accordance with a response schema for responses from the Web resource validation service.