Requestmade

Requestmade is a term encountered in software engineering used to describe the moment when a client initiates a request to a server or external service. It is not a formal standard and does not refer to a specific protocol; instead, it appears in logs, telemetry, and debugging contexts as a shorthand for “request made.”

Usage and interpretation vary across teams. Some use requestmade as a boolean flag in log records, while others adopt it as a metric name in monitoring dashboards. In many instrumentation schemes, a requestmade event is accompanied by metadata such as HTTP method, endpoint, timestamp, latency, and response status, enabling analysis of throughput and performance.

Etymology and variants are straightforward: the term originates from the natural language phrase “request made” and is condensed into a single token in some projects. Case and formatting vary, with variants including RequestMade, request_made, or requestmade. Because it is informal, there is no formal standard mapping to other event names, and teams should document their own schema.

Examples of use include a web server log entry indicating a requestmade at a specific time for a given endpoint, with associated latency and status. In monitoring dashboards, spikes in requestmade events can signal rising user activity or bot traffic, and correlation with error codes helps diagnose issues.

Limitations include a lack of standardization, which can hinder interoperability. When possible, teams should prefer explicit and structured event names or schemas to ensure clearer communication across systems.