On 25 March 2011 23:17, jarboejo <jarbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm using JMeter's proxy feature to record scenarios that I plan to use to > run stress against our web service later. This requires me to upload a > file. As the JMeter documentation predicts, the browser isn't sending the > full path and file name to the server and JMeter is getting confused. The > classic workaround is to put the file you want to upload in the JMeter bin > directory where JMeter will most certainly see it and be happy. > > I tried that. It isn't working for me. It isn't working in Ubuntu. It > isn't working in Windows. I'm at wit's end. It seems that there is no way > to configure JMeter to snag files from a specific directory in such a way as > I can record unimpeded. And unfortunately, the scenario is more complicated > than a simple POST (such that I could simply modify the sampler and expect > success in the future); in the normal flow, there are requests and responses > that follow the initial POST that are not invoked if the first POST fails. > > Has anyone else seen the workaround above fail? I haven't ruled out that > the workaround is succeeding but that some other change is being made to the > request that causes our server to reject it. That said, the current working > directory story in Java is a little convoluted and time is a factor here. > > Advice?
Have you checked the jmeter log file for error messages? That should show whether or not JMeter can find the file. Try using a different browser. > ~Joshua > > -- > View this message in context: > http://jmeter.512774.n5.nabble.com/Trouble-with-JMeter-proxy-on-file-upload-work-around-seems-to-fail-tp4265007p4265007.html > Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org