non-POST methods for SOAP/XML-RPC sampler?

["andrew m. boardman" <am...@MIT.EDU>]

Hi, all.  I'm using jmeter to test an HTTP-based service which takes XML
input with POST, PUT, and DELETE requests.

Using POST works perfectly with the SOAP/XML-RPC request, but that
sampler makes a hardcoded POST request.  Alternately, I can use any
method with the HTTP sampler, but it doesn't support arbitrary XML
input.

Any ideas?  My current plan is to extend the SOAP/XML-RPC sampler for
non-POST requests, but if there's an easier option I've missed I'd love
to hear about it.

Thanks!

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Re: non-POST methods for SOAP/XML-RPC sampler?

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 11/06/07, andrew m. boardman <am...@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > If you are using (or can use) files to contain the XML, then there
> > have been some changes to JMeter that allow these to be sent as is
> > without adding any wrapping.
>
> It turns out this (specifying a filename for "Send a File With the
> Request", using the r543291 build) works fine for POST and PUT, but is
> ignored for DELETE.  If I'm reading things right, there's simply no
> allowance made for this in HTTPSampler2.java, which seems to be a bug.

Yes - I added the new methods en masse so there are probably other bugs...

> (Not so much the lack of support, though of course I'd prefer to have it,
> but the lack of any UI indication that the filename is only used for a
> subset of the available HTTP methods.)  Is it appropriate to file bugs
> against the nightly builds for stuff like this?

Yes, just specify which build(s) are relevant.

In this case I think it also applies to 2.2 as DELETE was added there.

> For a more generalized answer to this, while I'd still love to be able to
> give the "SOAP/XML-RPC Request" sampler a method specifier, it seems like
> it and the base HTTP samplers are covering a lot of the same ground, and
> perhaps what's really called for is an overhaul of the UI to consolidate
> the functionality; the ideas in bugzilla #41917 look like a good
> direction for this.

Yes, I do think the HTTP UI needs to be tidied.

However, there are some reasons against merging the UIs:
- compatibility with existing test plans
- task-specific UIs are generally easier to use.
- documentation changes ;-)

These can be addressed, but it would be easier initially to enhance
SOAP/XML separately (and I don't think this would make the merge task
any more difficult).

Feel free to add an enhancement request for it.
I can probably add that fairly quickly.

> andrew
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Re: non-POST methods for SOAP/XML-RPC sampler?

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 31/05/07, andrew m. boardman <am...@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi, all.  I'm using jmeter to test an HTTP-based service which takes XML
> input with POST, PUT, and DELETE requests.
>
> Using POST works perfectly with the SOAP/XML-RPC request, but that
> sampler makes a hardcoded POST request.  Alternately, I can use any
> method with the HTTP sampler, but it doesn't support arbitrary XML
> input.

If you are using (or can use) files to contain the XML, then there
have been some changes to JMeter that allow these to be sent as is
without adding any wrapping.

> Any ideas?  My current plan is to extend the SOAP/XML-RPC sampler for
> non-POST requests, but if there's an easier option I've missed I'd love
> to hear about it.
>
> Thanks!
>
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