Thanks for your input Sebb; I'll investigate the use of the proxy for my 
situation as it sounds like much less work than executing JS :) 

Regards, 
Noel 

----- "sebb" <[email protected]> wrote: 
> On 24/08/2009, Noel O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I know JMeter doesn't execute any JS returned by web pages; I'm just 
> > wondering if it's technically possibly to execute it (e.g. in a Post 
> > Processor) using the Rhino engine in Java or some other mechanism? 
> 
> In theory, it's possible, however it needs more than just the Rhino 
> engine. The page has to be parsed into the DOM and the script(s) 
> extracted, then the appropriate methods called. 
> 
> The resulting page then has to be re-examined to decide what to do, 
> possibly calling more Javascript. 
> 
> > The reason I'm asking is because I'm trying to access websites which rely 
> > heavily on JS, particularly for login. Not being able to execute JS means I 
> > just get presented with a login page each time I try access other page. 
> 
> Use the Proxy to record the login, and then work out how to extract 
> any extra data that is added to the page by the scripting. 
> 
> > Regards, 
> > 
> > Noel 
> > 
> 
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