Re: xpath expression extractor?

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

Turns out it was quite easy.

The latest nightly (2-1.20060401 or later) allows for extraction of a
list of nodes; it sets the variables like Regex Extractor. See
documentation for details

S.
On 31/03/06, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I expect that might be possible, but I don't know what the API provides.
>
> Have you tried to see what happens?
>
> Maybe it would create a list that you could parse with the __split()
> function - at least for the time being.
>
> The Java Sampler is useful for displaying the value of variables.
>
> S.
> On 30/03/06, Garry L. Thompson <ga...@attensa.com> wrote:
> > Cool, I just downloaded the latest nightly build and sure enough there is an
> > xpath extractor post processor. Is there any plans to add the multiple
> > matching functionality that you get with the regular expression extractor?
> >
> > For instance, if you use wild cards in an xpath expression which then returns
> > multiple values. (e.g /node/node[*]/name[contains(.,"Fred")]) could easily
> > return multiple values. In this case what value would you get? I guess I
> > could wrapper this inside a loop with a counter to do this myself but I
> > really like the multiple matching stuff in the regular expression extractor.
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 14:34, sebb wrote:
> > > There is an XPath Extractor in the forthcoming 2.1.2 version - if you
> > > want to try it out, download a recent nightly build.
> > >
> > > You need both the _bin and _lib archives; unpack them into the same
> > > directory structure.
> > >
> > > It's documented in the component_reference page.
> > >
> > > Please let us know if this fits your needs or not.
> > >
> > > S.
> > >
> > > On 29/03/06, Garry L. Thompson <gt...@attensa.com> wrote:
> > > > I am testing a web API that's passing all the information around via xml.
> > > >  A post processor xpath expression extractor would be very useful. It
> > > > would work basically like the regular expression extractor and setup the
> > > > results variable the same so as to work with the foreach controller.  Any
> > > > chance of this sometime in the near future? There is already all of the
> > > > xpath stuff there from the xpath assertion.  It looks like my only other
> > > > alternative is to use the javax. xpath stuff in beanshell.  Just thought
> > > > I would ask before diggin into this.
> > > >
> > > > Also, if anyone has some sample beanshell/xpath examples they would be
> > > > willing to post it would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks...
> > > >
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Re: xpath expression extractor?

[gt...@attensa.com]

Awesome! This is exactly what I am looking for. I really appreciate you
doing this it. I'll check it out today!

I owe you a beer :-)

> Turns out it was quite easy.
>
> The latest nightly (2-1.20060401 or later) allows for extraction of a
> list of nodes; it sets the variables like Regex Extractor. See
> documentation for details
>
> S.
> On 31/03/06, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I expect that might be possible, but I don't know what the API provides.
>>
>> Have you tried to see what happens?
>>
>> Maybe it would create a list that you could parse with the __split()
>> function - at least for the time being.
>>
>> The Java Sampler is useful for displaying the value of variables.
>>
>> S.
>> On 30/03/06, Garry L. Thompson <ga...@attensa.com> wrote:
>> > Cool, I just downloaded the latest nightly build and sure enough there
>> is an
>> > xpath extractor post processor. Is there any plans to add the multiple
>> > matching functionality that you get with the regular expression
>> extractor?
>> >
>> > For instance, if you use wild cards in an xpath expression which then
>> returns
>> > multiple values. (e.g /node/node[*]/name[contains(.,"Fred")]) could
>> easily
>> > return multiple values. In this case what value would you get? I guess
>> I
>> > could wrapper this inside a loop with a counter to do this myself but
>> I
>> > really like the multiple matching stuff in the regular expression
>> extractor.
>> >
>> > Thanks...
>> >
>> > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 14:34, sebb wrote:
>> > > There is an XPath Extractor in the forthcoming 2.1.2 version - if
>> you
>> > > want to try it out, download a recent nightly build.
>> > >
>> > > You need both the _bin and _lib archives; unpack them into the same
>> > > directory structure.
>> > >
>> > > It's documented in the component_reference page.
>> > >
>> > > Please let us know if this fits your needs or not.
>> > >
>> > > S.
>> > >
>> > > On 29/03/06, Garry L. Thompson <gt...@attensa.com> wrote:
>> > > > I am testing a web API that's passing all the information around
>> via xml.
>> > > >  A post processor xpath expression extractor would be very useful.
>> It
>> > > > would work basically like the regular expression extractor and
>> setup the
>> > > > results variable the same so as to work with the foreach
>> controller.  Any
>> > > > chance of this sometime in the near future? There is already all
>> of the
>> > > > xpath stuff there from the xpath assertion.  It looks like my only
>> other
>> > > > alternative is to use the javax. xpath stuff in beanshell.  Just
>> thought
>> > > > I would ask before diggin into this.
>> > > >
>> > > > Also, if anyone has some sample beanshell/xpath examples they
>> would be
>> > > > willing to post it would be appreciated.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks...
>> > > >
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