Hi Bill, I found the WebServiceTester from Optimyz Software is great Web Services Testing Tool. I used their 2.1 version at HP and it works really well for our services. It is the "OUT OF BOX" tool I ever encountered. No programming at all. Not even a single line of scripts. You can specify the test data once and reuse that in subsequent test runs. You can export/import the XML files. You can do reference data comparison and actual data comparison. Reporting is really sleek, very informative, hand links to each request and response. Provides TTFB, TTLB, Total response time, response size for each invocation. Load test feature is very well thought of. Provides fail-safe, fault tolerant and dynamically scalable load testing. Usability is big PLUS of this tool.
Yesterday, I saw their new WebServiceTester 3.0ea release at 2004 Web Services Conference in New York. In WebServiceTester 3.0ea they support all security features like HTTP authentication, SOAP authentication, XML signature(partial/complete), XML encryption(partial/complete), testing the Web Services workflow specified using BPEL. WebServiceTester is the only tool I saw in the 2004 Web Services Conference in New York, which support web services workflow testing. All you need is your BPEL file to describe the workflow and it does everything for you. It's really neat. There pricing is also very competitive. For $399 per year/per user subscription or $199 per user/per quarter subscription, with free upgrades and services. I like there pricing model too. With web services standards changing so fast, any testing tool will need to be updated every SIX months max. I would not like to pay 4K or 5K for tool and get stuck with lemon and shell money every 6 months for upgrades, even if someone offers 50% discount for upgrade. I would recommend you to take a shot at this one, and see how it works out for you. For more information send mail to their support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck with your WS testing. Shrikant Wagh QA Lead, HPP/eProfile Team, HP DISCLAIMER ================================================================ THESE ARE MY PERSONAL VIEWS/OPINIONS AND DOES NOT REPRESENT HP, AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE I/HP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS INFORMATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ================================================================= -----Original Message----- From: Heitzeg, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Web Services testing Thanks, I think what you're doing makes sense. My customer is specifically interested in using an off-the-shelf tool, so I would have to work at convincing them to go the JMeter approach. I proposed this, but an in-house programmer had bad experience with JMeter, so I think I'm out of luck until he retires. thanks again though. -----Original Message----- From: I-Sampige, Srinivas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Web Services testing First of all, are you looking for a free open source one or are you willing to spend money. If you are looking for an open source tool then here you go - I am using Jmeter for functional as well as load testing. Since I had special requirements like attaching files to SOAP messsage directly; I extended Jmeter classes (relatively simple). I am handing this off to the tester who needs to just use a GUI (comes in JMeter) to input different paramaters like the file to be attached etc. and build test cases. The actual test can then be run in non GUI mode with result being output to files which can then be analyzed later. You can contact me if you need further details. Thanks srinivas -----Original Message----- From: Heitzeg, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Web Services testing Hello, Does anyone have a recommendation for a good testing tool. I'm looking for a testing tool that a QA person can run, not a programmer. Bill Heitzeg
