On 03/03/2008, Tom Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Monday, 3. March 2008, sebb wrote:
> > On 03/03/2008, Tom Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Monday, 3. March 2008, sebb wrote:
> > > > On 03/03/2008, Tom Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > is it possible to turn a GET string into a POST? We have dynamic
> > > > > forms and extracting names and values with the Regex Extractor has
> > > > > been quite tricky.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now we will insert a GET string as a comment into the page-source
> > > > > our application which we will use make the POST HTTP Request.
> > > > >
> > > > > the GET string will look like the following:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > /foo/bar/bookFood.php?fork=&spoon=2&arrival=walking&flightnumber=&ai
> > > > >rline =
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't know on forehand how many name-value-pairs the form will
> > > > > have - so the easiest to me seems to "just" POST this URL (e.g. use
> > > > > HTTP Request, set Method to POST and insert this URL into the Path
> > > > > field). Is this possible?
> > > >
> > > > Depends on the application. It may work.
> > > >
> > > > > My other option would be to use the Regex Extractor on the GET
> > > > > string where the field Regular Expression is:
> > > > >
> > > > > (?:.*?)\?(.*?)=(.*?)&(.*?)=(.*?)&(.*?)=(.*?)&(.*?)=(.*?)&
> > > > >
> > > > > Template would be: $1$$2$$3$$4$ and so on
> > > > >
> > > > > and have a HTTP Request (set to POST) where I insert our maximum
> > > > > Number of name-value pairs via MYREF_g1, MYREF_g2, MYREF_g3, etc.
> > > > > into the "Send Parameters with the Request" fields.
> > > >
> > > > This is much what I suggested earlier in another thread, except that I
> > > > would use set the match number to -1, and use the variables:
> > > >
> > > > MYREF_1_g1 MYREF_1_g2
> > > > MYREF_2_g1 MYREF_2_g2
> > > > etc
> > > > as the Name & Value
> > >
> > > Will I have to set anything in the the Template field of the Regex
> > > Extractor?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > > I also don't seem to find an appropriate regular expression (for my
> > > example above) to match the name or the value in the GET string more than
> > > once.
> >
> > The basic pattern is
> >
> > name=value
> >
> > The difficulty is knowing where the name and particularly the value end.
> >
> > The name is probably only alphanumeric.
> > The value may be more varied, if not you could try
> >
> > (\w)+=(\w+)
>
>
> okay that seems to work so far.
>
> As I don't know the amount of name=value pairs I've added 8 lines to "Send
> Parameters with the Request". Now - if only 4 are there I will get the
> variable names like ${FOO_5_g1}=${FOO_5_g2} in the POST - how can I suppress
> those?
>
If you use the parameters section, empty variables should be ignored.
Use the Debug Sampler to check if the are empty.
If the RE does not clear unused variables, then you will need to clear
them yourself before running the RE.
>
> Tom
>
>
> >
> > > Will I have to use the foreach controller for this?
> >
> > No
> >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
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