This is going to be increasingly problematic as rich internet applications become the standard. JMeter does not run JavaScript so if your page is initializing data that is subsequently required as part of the form post or query string, it will fail.
Functional test products like BadBoy do not run the JavaScript on a page, either. As a workaround, they let you add JavaScript elements to your test steps that get run during testing. JMeter could be enhanced to embed Rhino (de facto standard JavaScript engine), capture script and execute it. Sounds like a big job to get that right. It's unfortunate that JMeter was not designed from the outset as an API that you could bolt your own GUI on. That would have provided an excellent platform for all kinds of tooling. Another alternative is Web Testing in Ruby or .NET or Java which I have dubbed WATIX APIs (they have WATIR, WATIN...) but they do not scale well (Browser Mob solves that using with unlimited servers in the Amazon cloud -- limited by cash on hand:) Then again, they have to corral all of the info from all those servers, like JMeter does. -----Original Message----- From: Arijit Mukherjee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:41 PM To: JMeter Users List Subject: Re: Problem with HTTPS login Hi Deepak The local setup we want to test is giving similar problems - only the login screen when the recorded script is used. I was wondering if I could get a sample for gmail - to find out what exactly I should do. It seemed from the bugzilla page (the one I referred to earlier) that the script recorded by the proxy is sufficient... Regards Arijit 2010/1/7 Deepak Shetty <[email protected]>: > Hi > Gmail uses a lot of dynamically generated variables, unless you sit and > identify each one of these and replace them to be extracted via post > processors, you will get errors. > If GMail is just a test then I suggest you dont use that for writing sample > scripts and use an environment closer to yours. > > > regards > deepak > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Arijit Mukherjee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A follow-up: >> >> I've been able to record the steps to login to another website >> (www.epw.in) and replay back the script successfully. But it's still a >> no go for gmail. Here's what I have right now: >> >> (1) In jmeter.properties: CookieManager.save.cookies=true >> (2) Added a proxy server to the workbench >> (3) Added a thread-group, and a HTTP Cookie Manager to the thread group >> (4) Proxy Target recording: Test Plant -> Thread Group, rest of the >> options default, started the proxy >> (5) Directed the browser to use JMeter proxy (for all protocols), and >> logged into gmail - script was recorded >> (6) replayed the script - and got back the login page for almost all >> steps, and some "401" errors >> >> It seems if you create the script manually you can add a "URL >> rewriting" element to each of the steps which might work. But for me >> this gmail login is just a test - I am trying to create scripts for >> load testing our server which would involve too many steps to edit >> them manually. We've also tried rerunning a badboy generated script >> and the same thing happens for gmail. >> >> Hoping that someone will be able to throw some light... >> >> Arijit >> >> 2010/1/7 Arijit Mukherjee <[email protected]>: >> > Hi All >> > >> > I'm struggling with a JMeter/HTTPS issue for the past couple of days >> > and am just short of banging my head against the desk. I searched the >> > net and found a JMeter patch >> > (https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47622) which is >> > able to record HTTPS requests using the JMeter Proxy Server - and >> > people have been able to log onto gmail etc. using this patch >> > (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg19865.html >> ) >> > >> > I've downloaded this patch (and the latest nightly build as well - >> > r894536), and have been trying to replay the script to log on to >> > gmail. But all I see as the response from the server is the login >> > screen of gmail. I browsed the mail archive and tried adding an >> > Authorization Manager, HTTP Cookie Manager to the thread group, but >> > the ultimate result is the same - on the results tree, most of the >> > steps (green button - apparently success) show the gmail login screen, >> > and some of the steps (red marks) return "unauthorized". >> > >> > It seems like some session related issue which I'm not able to track >> > down. Can someone please help me? >> > >> > Regards >> > Arijit >> > >> > -- >> > "And when the night is cloudy, >> > There is still a light that shines on me, >> > Shine on until tomorrow, let it be." >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> "And when the night is cloudy, >> There is still a light that shines on me, >> Shine on until tomorrow, let it be." >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > -- "And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me, Shine on until tomorrow, let it be." --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
