Thanks a lot Sebb, that's a big help. One more question: can you tell me how would I verif, by running a test as you mention, what was downloaded through HTML embedding? What sort of test would I run? I can't seem to find anything in the documentation about that, but if this is really dumb I apologize.
-----Original Message----- From: sebb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:29 PM To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: Will flash be downloaded in HTTP get request? On 11/11/2008, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, I'm trying to figure out if jmeter is going to be a fit for my > web project. The pages for our project in general have a flash component, as > well as AJAX, CSS, etc. My question is, will jmeter download that flash > component as well? I've included what I can find in the manual, at > usermanual/component_reference.html#HTTP_Request, but it doesn't mention > flash specifically, and "external scripts" isn't very specific. Any ideas? > Of course I don't need it to run the flash, but it's not going to tell me > what my user load on the server is unless it downloads the junk at least. > Thanks! > > David > > 18.1.2 HTTP Request > This sampler lets you send an HTTP/HTTPS request to a web server. It also > lets you control whether or not JMeter parses HTML files for images and other > embedded resources and sends HTTP requests to retrieve them. The following > types of embedded resource are retrieved: > > * images > * applets > * stylesheets > * external scripts That means <script href="etc"/> as opposed to inline scripts (which are part of the page). > * frames > * background images (body, table, TD, TR) > * background sound As far as I know it will download the flash - I think it's a bit like an applet. I suggest you try it with a simple test. If the flash is not picked up as part of the embedded resources, then you can always add a separate sample to download it. This would be necessary if the flash is downloaded by Javascript (e.g. body onLoad() method). You can use the JMeter Proxy to record a browser session. Note that JMeter does not support asynchronous requests within a thread, so all items are downloaded in sequence (and you will need to add AJAX calls yourself, or record the browser doing it), so the order of requests seen by the server will not be the same as when a particular browser makes the requests. But then different browsers behave differently. What's important is to make sure the test plan generates the appropriate mix of requests at the desired rate. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
