I have to pass a variable from an xpath extractor in jmeter to another http request.
How can I do this?
I want to pass the variable in header of http request.
I have saved the variable in xpath extractor as LoginToken.
Tried to retrieve in header of second http request as ${LoginToken} but it doesn't work.
Ensure first that your xpath expression really returns any result.
Set Default Value field in XPath Extractor to any value and use e.g. Debug Sampler to view the value of LoginToken variable after XPath Extractor execution.
If you are using XPath Extractor to parse HTML response ensure that Use Tidy (tolerant parser) option is CHECKED.
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I want to save two value as key value pair in List from previous sampler of Jmeter so that I can use that string in pre Preprocessor
Try the below steps:
Add the 'Regular Expression Extractor" from the Post-Processor
Define the required variables
Say, for a single variable set the fields in Regular Expression Extractor as below
Field to check => Body
Name of the created variable => username
Regular Expression => username=(.+?)
Template => $1$
Match No => 1
Now, Pass the variable in the HTTP request > Parameters
Say,
Name = Username
Value = {$username}
Run the test
Reference: https://www.redline13.com/blog/2018/09/jmeter-extract-and-re-use-as-variable/
It depends on the format of the data you're getting in the response and the format of the data you need to pass in the next request.
In order to get a comprehensive response you should provide at least partial response data and desired at least partial request body
Normally you should use a Post-Processor for extract data from the response:
For HTML - CSS Selector Extractor
For JSON - JSON Extractor or JSON JMESPath Extractor
For XML - XPath Extractor or XPath2 Extractor
For everything else - Regular Expression Extractor or Boundary Extractor
all of them extract values into JMeter Variables which can be used in the next requests
In my first request I am able to extract the value using Regular Expression Extractor which is clearly visible into the debug sampler. The value is extracted by setting the following options in Regular Expression Extractor:-
Name of Created Variable:- instanceUID
Regular Expression:- "InstanceUid":"(.*?)"
Template:-$1$
Match No:-1
Default Value:- (Blank)
The value that I want to pass in the next POST request is visible as:-
instanceUID_g1=2ab5dfb8-a217-4ff2-9025-523565b7b7ad
And the body for the next HTTP POST request is set like this:-
${"iInfo":{"InstanceUid":"${instanceUID_g1}","Registry":"${Registry}"}}
When this request seen in detail inside View Results Tree looks like:-
${"iInfo":{"InstanceUid":"${instanceUID_g1}","Registry":"AAX"}}
As seen the value of ${instanceUID_g1} did not get substituted in the POST body as was for variable ${Registry} which was taken from CSV config.
Being new to Jmeter can anyone suggest what did I miss?
Most probably your Regular Expression Extractor placement is not very correct, be informed about JMeter Scoping Rules concept
If you place Regular Expression Extractor as a child of the request - it will be applied to this request only
If you place Regular Expression Extractor at the same level as several requests - it will be applied to all of them
in the latter case it will be applied 1st to 1st sampler, then to Debug Sampler, then to 3rd sampler so on 2nd step it will be overwritten, most probably that's your problem
Also it appears that you're getting the data from JSON so it makes more sense to use JSON Extractor or JMESPath Extractor
My task is to make a request and save some data from the headers in a variable and use it later in another requests.
So I've added an http request and added an regular expression extractor. Here is my setup:
And then I've created another request and I'm using the LocationToken variable, but there the variable has the default value (dd). here is the response:
So, as you can see, the pattern patches on the headers. So what have I done wrong?
In Regular Expression Extractor, under Apply to section, you should select Main sampler and sub-samplers option but not JMeter Variable.
Regular Expression Extractor saves the value into the variable which we specified in Reference Name field.
in the question,
Reference Name: LocationToken
in later request, you refer the value as follows:
${LocationToken}
In need to pass a data from a response to the subsequent request. Something goes wrong and the default variable value appears in the request.
First request returns the JSON in response body which looks like this:
{"issued_at":"2016-01-14T12:41:01.000Z","expires":"2016-01-14T12:46:01.000Z","id":"j6M ... MTA=="}
I extract the value of the id attribute using the Regular Expression Extractor:
Then I pass the token variable to the subsequent request parameter:
But the request is created with the default value of the variable:
There is a JSON Path Extractor designed to deal with JSON content type, I believe it would be easier to use it.
The relevant JSON Path query will be as simple as $..id
See Using the XPath Extractor in JMeter (scroll down to "Parsing JSON") for comprehensive information on plugin installation and usage and JSONPath - XPath for JSON for JSONPath language reference and examples.
In regards to your Regular Expression Extractor configuration:
remove 1 from Match No.
Provide $1$ as Template
If you look at the Regular Expression Extractor documentation, the field Template is required. I suggest you to use value $1$ and try again.
The problem was resolved by setting the "Field to check" radio button to "Body" at the "Regular Expression Extractor" dialog and by setting the Template field value to $1$.
Thanks to alphamikevictor and Dmitri T for help!
You should use ${token_g1} to get the value of the first group of the regex match (the value you're looking for).
In my application while executing the first request one unique key is generated which key is required for Next all the request. let me how to automate such scenario in Jmeter.
The process should look as follows:
Add Post Processor to the first request
Configure it to extract the required value and store it into a JMeter Variable
Use JMeter Variable from step 2 in your next request.
Depending on response data type you have the following choices:
Regular Expression Extractor - for text
CSS/JQuery Extractor - for HTML
XPath Extractor - for XML and XHTML
JSON Path Extractor - for JSON
It is also possible to extract data from files i.e. if response is in PDF format, but it's a little bit tricky
Example configuration to store the whole response:
Reference Name: any suitable variable name, i.e. response
Regular Expression: (?s)(^.*)
Template: $1$
You can refer the extracted value as ${response} where required. You can also amend the regular expression to extract response part instead of the whole response. JMeter uses Perl5-compatible regular expressions, see Regular Expressions User Manual Chapter for details
You can use regular expression extractor to extract the key from the response of your first request and use the extracted key for subsequent requests. To achieve this:
Right click on the first request and add post processor: Regular Expression Extractor.
Create your regular expression and provide values in other required fields. Please refer to JMeter component reference http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#Regular_Expression_Extractor
Extracted value will be saved in the variable given as reference name
Use this variable in subsequent requests
Here is an example test plan with results.