JMeter - Trouble sending HTTP request with POST variable? - jmeter

Question

I am trying to load test a java servlet that fetches records from an archive database.
The servlet works as follows:
1-Reads in post variables from HTTP header
2-Uses variables to query database
3-Returns XML
I have setup a test which I want to fire off HTTP requests with post variables however the test is not working, getting errors with J Meter.
Screenshot 1 - Shows the structure of the test
Screenshot 2 - Shows the CSV file I am reading from
I have placed the CSV file in the same folder that my test plan is saved in!
Screenshot 3 - Shows the HTTP request
This is the error output:
Thread Name: Thread Group 1-1 Sample Start: 2012-11-20 10:35:27 GMT
Load time: 0 Latency: 0 Size in bytes: 1113 Headers size in bytes: 0
Body size in bytes: 1113 Sample Count: 1 Error Count: 1 Response code:
Non HTTP response code: java.net.URISyntaxException Response message:
Non HTTP response message: Expected closing bracket for IPv6 address
at index 13:
http://[http://sophos1.testserver.co.uk/servlet/archive]:61061/
Response headers:
HTTPSampleResult fields: ContentType: DataEncoding: null
POST Request
POST http://[http://sophos1.testserver.co.uk/servlet/archive]:61061/
POST data:
[no cookies]
Returned DATA
java.net.URISyntaxException: Expected closing bracket for IPv6 address at index 13: http://[http://sophos1.testserver.co.uk/servlet/archive]:61061/
at java.net.URI$Parser.fail(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URI$Parser.failExpecting(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URI$Parser.parseServer(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URI$Parser.parseAuthority(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URI$Parser.parseHierarchical(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URI$Parser.parse(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URI.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URL.toURI(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPHC4Impl.sample(HTTPHC4Impl.java:232)
at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerProxy.sample(HTTPSamplerProxy.java:62)
at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1075)
at org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPSamplerBase.sample(HTTPSamplerBase.java:1064)
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.process_sampler(JMeterThread.java:426)
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:255)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Please help!
Thanks

Answer 1

Remove http:// from Server Name / IP field of your HTTP Request Sampler (that's pointed in HTTP Request fields description).
Look onto your generated POST request above in description:
POST Request
POST http://[http://sophos1.testserver.co.uk/servlet/archive]:61061/
Configure your HTTP Request as the following instead:
Server Name: sophos1.testserver.co.uk
Path: /servlet/archive
Implementation: Java

Answer 2

The easy way is that you could leave the server name blank and set the path to
http://sophos1.testserver.co.uk/servlet/archive

Answer 3

Check if there are any spaces in ServerName or IP field.
This gave me this error :
Response message: Non HTTP response message: Illegal character in
authority at index 7:
When extra spaces were trimmed in the beginning, it worked well.