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How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Hi All,
I am facing one of the problem in my application at the time of downloading
an file. I am unable to capture the request after click on download link. So
can anybody guide me how to capture those requests?
Steps:
1) Click on Download link
2) it asks to save the file
3) Select the drive where to save
4) click save
I am unable to capture the 2,3 & 4 steps....
Thanks in advance..
Sreekiran
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Felix Frank <ff...@mpexnet.de>.
On 08/08/2011 06:43 PM, Deepak Shetty wrote:
> Aren't you missing that the user has already said that he can capture the
> link (in which case he is already measuring the time it takes to download
> the file) - and he has specifically asked to be able to record the save
> browser dialog.
I did unintentionally skip that. The reason is that I was left with the
impression that the OP thought that the download itself wasn't properly
measured.
You are correct of course in your assertion that this level of user
interaction is absolutely beside the point of load and stress testing
(especially when taking into account that browsers *will* start
downloading immediately, in the background, and not wait until the user
has filled the "save as" forms...)
Sorry for being an ass about it ;-)
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Deepak Shetty <sh...@gmail.com>.
>I have to say that I disagree with almost everything written in this
thread.
Aren't you missing that the user has already said that he can capture the
link (in which case he is already measuring the time it takes to download
the file) - and he has specifically asked to be able to record the save
browser dialog.
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Felix Frank <ff...@mpexnet.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 08/05/2011 07:11 PM, Umesh wrote:
> > Sreekiran,
> > As the way Deepak is saying, saving the file to local disk is client
> side
> > activities and the response time for doing the same differs from system
> to
> > system. So there is no point in doing the response time test for saving
> the
> > file. (Eg: If you are downloading/saving the file in Pentium3 system and
> the
> > latest I7 processor, the response times will be different. Reason being
> the
> > horse power in two processor is different.)
> >
> > The time taken to capture the pop-up with message saying "Do you want to
> > Download or save the file" is a server side message and Jmeter should be
> > able to capture that as its http call.
> >
> > *Saving of a file or opening of file in browser/client machine are both
> > client side activities and fall outside the purview of performance
> testing.
> > *
>
> I have to say that I disagree with almost everything written in this
> thread.
>
> Yes, it can be worthwile to stress a system under test with downloads.
> No, the performance does not depend on client hardware. It does,
> however, depend on data throughput limitations both client and server side.
>
> To the OP: You should be aware that "Clicking save" in your browser does
> nothing wrt. the server. All you tell your browser is that, yes, it
> should complete receiving the server's answer to the request that it
> sent when the user clicked the download link.
> Differently put, saving a file via HTTP is nothing else than receiving a
> HTTP reply and writing the decoded reply to a local file.
>
> What this boils down to is that you measure download performance just
> the same as any other HTTP interaction with Jmeter, i.e. using a HTTP
> sampler. Yes, the proxy will record downloads (because they are not
> different from regular browsing).
>
> HTH,
> Felix
>
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Felix Frank <ff...@mpexnet.de>.
Hi,
On 08/05/2011 07:11 PM, Umesh wrote:
> Sreekiran,
> As the way Deepak is saying, saving the file to local disk is client side
> activities and the response time for doing the same differs from system to
> system. So there is no point in doing the response time test for saving the
> file. (Eg: If you are downloading/saving the file in Pentium3 system and the
> latest I7 processor, the response times will be different. Reason being the
> horse power in two processor is different.)
>
> The time taken to capture the pop-up with message saying "Do you want to
> Download or save the file" is a server side message and Jmeter should be
> able to capture that as its http call.
>
> *Saving of a file or opening of file in browser/client machine are both
> client side activities and fall outside the purview of performance testing.
> *
I have to say that I disagree with almost everything written in this thread.
Yes, it can be worthwile to stress a system under test with downloads.
No, the performance does not depend on client hardware. It does,
however, depend on data throughput limitations both client and server side.
To the OP: You should be aware that "Clicking save" in your browser does
nothing wrt. the server. All you tell your browser is that, yes, it
should complete receiving the server's answer to the request that it
sent when the user clicked the download link.
Differently put, saving a file via HTTP is nothing else than receiving a
HTTP reply and writing the decoded reply to a local file.
What this boils down to is that you measure download performance just
the same as any other HTTP interaction with Jmeter, i.e. using a HTTP
sampler. Yes, the proxy will record downloads (because they are not
different from regular browsing).
HTH,
Felix
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Umesh <um...@gmail.com>.
Sreekiran,
As the way Deepak is saying, saving the file to local disk is client side
activities and the response time for doing the same differs from system to
system. So there is no point in doing the response time test for saving the
file. (Eg: If you are downloading/saving the file in Pentium3 system and the
latest I7 processor, the response times will be different. Reason being the
horse power in two processor is different.)
The time taken to capture the pop-up with message saying "Do you want to
Download or save the file" is a server side message and Jmeter should be
able to capture that as its http call.
*Saving of a file or opening of file in browser/client machine are both
client side activities and fall outside the purview of performance testing.
*
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM, kiransiri
<si...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> Hi Deepak,
>
> Thanks again for reply. I have the scenario need to test that How much time
> took for downloading a file. So, for that i am able to capture those
> responses...So please advice me how can i check those requests..
>
> Thanks
> sreekiran
>
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Adrian Speteanu <as...@gmail.com>.
Consider using the proxy server to record the actions in the browser. For
details, consider studying JMeter basics, the online manual is good or this
entry-level book has a lot of examples of what to test and how to implement
it:
http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/09/28/book-review-apache-jmeter-by-emily-h-halili/(other
books are also fine, not necessarily intended to promote this one)
Regards,
Adrian S
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:57 PM, kiransiri
<si...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> Hi Deepak,
>
> Thanks again for reply. I have the scenario need to test that How much time
> took for downloading a file. So, for that i am able to capture those
> responses...So please advice me how can i check those requests..
>
> Thanks
> sreekiran
>
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by kiransiri <si...@yahoo.co.in>.
Hi Deepak,
Thanks again for reply. I have the scenario need to test that How much time
took for downloading a file. So, for that i am able to capture those
responses...So please advice me how can i check those requests..
Thanks
sreekiran
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Deepak Shetty <sh...@gmail.com>.
the question is why? generally in a load test you aren't interested in how
much time the client takes to save a file into his harddisk. in a functional
test you only care about whether you could retrieve the file and save it
(which you can do in jmeter).
Some of the tools that drive the browser may have this working (like QTP )
but I dont know for sure
regards
deepak
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:46 AM, kiransiri
<si...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> Thanks Deepak
> Is there any way that i can handle those type of actions using jmeter or
> with some other tools..
>
>
> Regards,
> Sreekiran
>
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by kiransiri <si...@yahoo.co.in>.
Thanks Deepak
Is there any way that i can handle those type of actions using jmeter or
with some other tools..
Regards,
Sreekiran
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Re: How to capture the Popups using jmeter
Posted by Deepak Shetty <sh...@gmail.com>.
Jmeter captures http interactions , not the actions that happen on a client
machine
On Aug 5, 2011 8:38 AM, "kiransiri" <si...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am facing one of the problem in my application at the time of
downloading
> an file. I am unable to capture the request after click on download link.
So
> can anybody guide me how to capture those requests?
>
> Steps:
> 1) Click on Download link
> 2) it asks to save the file
> 3) Select the drive where to save
> 4) click save
>
> I am unable to capture the 2,3 & 4 steps....
>
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
>
> Sreekiran
>
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