Interface for supporting integration with cloud-based service providers

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory accessible by the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, by a discovery application configured to obtain data that identifies attributes of computing resources assigned to a managed network, a uniform resource locator (URL) that addresses a function of a particular application program interface (API) of a plurality of APIs, wherein the particular API is associated with a remote computing system of a plurality of remote computing systems that provide the computing resources to the managed network;

generating, by the discovery application, a request to execute the function of the particular API, wherein the request includes a system-invariant portion and a system-specific portion, wherein the system-invariant portion is generated by one or more rules associated with each of the plurality of APIs, and wherein the system-specific portion is generated by one or more rules specific to the particular API;

transmitting, by the discovery application, the request to the remote computing system;

receiving, from the remote computing system, a response comprising an output of the function of the particular API; and

parsing, by the discovery application, the response to identify the attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the discovery application includes one or more rules specific to a respective remote computing system of the plurality of remote computing systems, and wherein the operations comprise:

accessing, by the discovery application, the one or more rules specific to the remote computing system; and

generating the system-specific portion based on the one or more rules specific to the remote computing system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system-specific portion includes an authentication component to access the function of the particular API.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system-specific portion defines pagination rules for the response and a subsequent response.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the operations comprise:

transmitting a second request to the remote computing system; and

receiving, from the remote computing system, the subsequent response.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system-specific portion includes a region-identifier configured to cause discovery of computing resources of the remote computing system located in a particular geographical region based on the region-identifier.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote computing system includes geographically-distributed computing resources, wherein the URL includes a region-invariant identifier, and wherein the operations comprise:

iterating, by the discovery application, through multiple geographic regions based on the region-invariant identifier to discover the attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system including attributes of the geographically-distributed computing resources across the multiple geographic regions.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

providing instructions to store the identified attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system in a database.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the URL includes a resource path parameter or a query parameter, or a combination thereof, specifying the computing resources and the attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations are performed in accordance with a schedule.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a discovery application configured to obtain data that identifies attributes of computing resources assigned to a managed network, a uniform resource locator (URL) that addresses a function of a particular application program interface (API) of a plurality of APIs, the particular API associated with a remote computing system of a plurality of remote computing systems that provide the computing resources to the managed network;

generating, by the discovery application, a request to execute the function of the particular API, wherein the request includes a system-invariant portion and a system-specific portion, wherein the system-invariant portion is generated by one or more rules associated with each of the plurality of APIs, and wherein the system-specific portion is generated by one or more rules specific to the particular API;

transmitting, by the discovery application, the request to the remote computing system;

receiving, from the remote computing system, a response comprising an output of the function of the particular API; and

parsing, by the discovery application, the response to identify the attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising requesting and confirming storage of the identified attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system in a database by the discovery application.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the discovery application includes one or more rules specific to a respective remote computing system of the plurality of remote computing systems, and wherein the method comprises:

accessing, by the discovery application, the one or more rules specific to the remote computing system; and

generating the system-specific portion based on the one or more rules specific to the remote computing system.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the system-specific portion defines pagination rules for the response and a subsequent response.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the URL includes a resource path parameter or a query parameter, or a combination thereof, specifying the attributes and the computing resources.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the remote computing system includes geographically-distributed computing resources, wherein the URL includes a region-invariant identifier, and wherein the method comprises:

iterating, by the discovery application, through multiple geographic regions based on the region-invariant identifier to discover the attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system including attributes of the geographically-distributed computing resources across the multiple geographic regions across the multiple geographic regions.

17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, by a discovery application configured to obtain data that identifies attributes of computing resources assigned to a managed network, a uniform resource locator (URL) that addresses a function of a particular application program interface (API) of a plurality of APIs, the particular API associated with a remote computing system of a plurality of remote computing systems that provide the computing resources to the managed network;

generating, by the discovery application, a request to execute the function of the particular API, wherein the request includes a system-invariant portion and a system-specific portion, wherein the system-invariant portion is generated by one or more rules associated with each of the plurality of APIs, and wherein the system-specific portion is generated by one or more rules specific to the particular API;

transmitting, by the discovery application, the request to the remote computing system;

receiving, from the remote computing system, a response comprising an output of the function of the particular API; and

parsing, by the discovery application, the response to identify the attributes of the computing resources of the remote computing system.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein the system-specific portion includes an authentication portion to access the function of the particular API.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein the system-specific portion defines pagination rules for the response and a subsequent response.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19 , wherein the operations comprise:

transmitting a second request to the remote computing system; and

receiving, from the remote computing system, the subsequent response.