Hi joseph, if you can wait for a few days, i will hear back from the developers of HTMLParser about using it directly, instead of requiring users to download the jar separately. HTMLParser is licensed under LGPL, so I'm waiting to hear from them. right now the lead developer/maintainer likes the idea and we're just waiting for feedback from the others. I hope to help make HTMLParser a jakarta project, since I think of plenty of ways to use HTMLParser within JMeter :) if you haven't look at the performance results, HTMLParser appears to scale linearly and uses less memory when the number of nodes you need to get are less than 50. peter lin
Joseph Fifield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't have an immediate need for the others, but I'm sure some of them will come up as the tests grow. I can already think of places I could use the HTML Link HRef Extractor. I started toying with some ideas by using o.a.j.protocol.http.parser.HtmlParser.getDOM and looking for matching nodes. I assume this isn't the most efficient way of doing it. I saw some references to HTMLParser (http://htmlparser.sourceforge.net) in other replies. Is that already included in JMeter? Should I look into using that instead? Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordi Salvat i Alabart" To: "JMeter Developers List" Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: HTML Value Extractor > It sounds great. You've missed nothing. I don't think there's a simpler way. > > This was actually the original idea behind Extractors. I've been trying > for months to find time to work on this, but unfortunately I can hardly > keep up with work & family responsibilities... > > If you have the time, here's some ideas: > > - HTML Form Field Value Extractor > > You said it. > > - HTML Header Extractor > > User provides a header name. The value of that header will be placed in > a variable. > > - HTML Link HRef Extractor > > User provides a link name (or regexp) or index. The *full* URL for that > link will be placed in a variable (note it's not that easy to do that > using the Regexp Extractor). > > Would be really nice to be able to extract multiple links to get an > array, but JMeter currently has no mechanism to process such an array... > maybe a ForEach Logic Controller? > > - HTML Form Action Extractor > > User provides form name (or regexp) or index, or content or regexp for > the action field. The *full* URL for the action field in that form will > be placed in a variable. > > More: > - HTML Img Src Extractor > - HTML Select Options Extractor > ... > > Please please if you work on that, send us the code. I'll be very happy > to test and commit it. > > Salut, > > Jordi. > > Joseph Fifield wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I need to pull a value out of an http response to use in the next request. > > Specifically, I need to get a value from an html form element from a > > response. Now, I already got this working using the Regular Expression > > Extractor, and it works great. However, I need a solution that's a bit > > easier for a non-programmer to use (and not have to deal with regex). > > > > I started working on what I'm currently calling HTML Value Extractor. It is > > a post processor implementation that simply pulls the value from a form > > element (as specified by the test element properties) and puts it into a > > variable. The test element properties include the variable name, the type of > > form element (right now, just input and select), the name of the form > > element, and for select elements, the text of the option element to select. > > > > How does this sound? Is there already a simpler way that I've just missed > > entirely? I'm also curious if there would be any interest in adding this new > > test element to JMeter once I've finished it? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
