verified . If I run your page using http://infohound.net/tidy/ then if you look at the "cleaned up" HTML it produces then there is only a single anchor with the class
Technically these are issues that your test tool found for you :) . if you can get the dev's to fix the HTML then the XPATH should start working (note that XPath is memory intensive and slower as compared to a regex post processor - thats fine for functional tests , not so much for load) regards deepak On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM, David Luu <manga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the help Deepak. > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Deepak Shetty <shet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A cursory look shows a bunch of HTML errors including duplicate ids that > > might be impacting what TIDY does to your HTML (and the XPATH runs over > the > > TIDY). > > Will need to check > > > > right now it looks If you arent sure of the order then you can always run > > two regexes . If your text is always going to be remove then you can use > > that bit of information > > > > regards > > deepak > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:11 PM, David Luu <manga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Sorry, didn't know that. Here's the URL > > > http://dlshare.s3.amazonaws.com/shoppingCart.txt > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Deepak Shetty <shet...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > hi > > > > the mailing list rejects attachments. upload it somewhere and send a > > link > > > > > > > > regards > > > > deepak > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:38 PM, David Luu <manga...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > JMeter v2.5 on Windows > > > > > > > > > > Added debug sampler, it did indeed match one only (the first item > in > > > > > shopping list, top down order): > > > > > > > > > > ORDERITEMIDS=7249682 > > > > > ORDERITEMIDS_1=7249682 > > > > > ORDERITEMIDS_matchNr=1 > > > > > > > > > > Attached is HTML from the HTTP sampler response of the shopping > cart > > > page > > > > > for which we extract the data. I did a text search on > > "removeItemLink" > > > > and > > > > > did get 3 entries for the link for 3 cart items. > > > > > > > > > > I also did a test replacing XPath extractor with regex extractor > and > > > used > > > > > this pattern to do a global/multi match against: > > > > > > > > > > .+class="removeItemLink".+id="(\d+)".+ > > > > > > > > > > granted if the HTML attribute order ever changed, it would break > the > > > > regex > > > > > but wouldn't break XPath. > > > > > > > > > > In the replacement, I left everything else intact, and used same > > > variable > > > > > name for the cart items IDs. The regex version worked fine, getting > > all > > > 3 > > > > > cart items. > > > > > > > > > > So there's no loop problem for sure. Seems to be an XPath extractor > > > > problem > > > > > here. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Deepak Shetty <shet...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> what version of Jmeter? > > > > >> Dont go by Firebug it looks at the DOM whereas JMeter will have to > > > look > > > > at > > > > >> the source html . > > > > >> > > > > >> Add a Debug Sampler under your HTTP Sampler and also add a view > > > results > > > > >> tree > > > > >> listener. > > > > >> If your debug sampler shows your multiple values correctly the > > problem > > > > is > > > > >> in > > > > >> the loop > > > > >> > > > > >> If your debug sampler only shows a single value , then you need to > > > look > > > > at > > > > >> the HTML response (in view results tree listener) that your xpath > > > > >> extractor > > > > >> is a child of and see if you have multiple nodes satisfying your > > > > condition > > > > >> or your HTML is different from what you expect. > > > > >> If the HTML looks right , then upload a copy of the html and send > > the > > > > link > > > > >> > > > > >> regards > > > > >> deepak > > > > >> > > > > >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:27 PM, David Luu <manga...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > Hi, just wanted to check to see if I misconfigured something or > > > XPath > > > > >> > defined correctly. Here's the setup: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > We have HTTP request sampler to hit user's shopping cart that > > > returns > > > > >> HTML > > > > >> > in response. The HTML is dynamic based on what user already has > in > > > > cart. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > I want the JMeter test to remove items in cart, and we do that > by > > > > >> fetching > > > > >> > the item ID stored in the links to then remove item by make HTTP > > > POST > > > > in > > > > >> > another sampler with the item ID. The XPath is as follows: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > //a[@class='removeItemLink']/@id > > > > >> > > > > > >> > We identify the item ID as an attribute in links with class type > > > > >> > 'removeItemLink'. Unfortunately, or to play it safe, we don't > know > > > if > > > > >> the > > > > >> > generated HTML always has same fixed pattern text of whether the > > > class > > > > >> > attribute is always before or after the ID attribute, hence I > > chose > > > to > > > > >> use > > > > >> > XPath extractor rather than a regular expression extractor to > get > > > the > > > > >> ID. > > > > >> > ID > > > > >> > value is also dynamic and may not be fixed length. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > I enabled Tidy with quiet mode. Later also enabled report errors > > > show > > > > >> > warnings, and disabled quiet mode, those options didn't help. > The > > UI > > > > and > > > > >> > the > > > > >> > docs don't mention anything about settings to match once or > match > > > all, > > > > >> etc. > > > > >> > So believe matching number determined by the XPath expression. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > used XPath extracted variable reference name ORDERITEMIDS > > > > >> > > > > > >> > and then had a ForEach controller run a HTTP request sampler to > > POST > > > > to > > > > >> API > > > > >> > to remove items. But during execution, it only ran once, but it > > did > > > > work > > > > >> > correctly for the one item that it extracted. ForEach controller > > > > >> configured > > > > >> > as follows: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > input var prefix = ORDERITEMIDS > > > > >> > output var name = returnVar > > > > >> > checked add "_" before number > > > > >> > > > > > >> > and in HTTP sampler inside the foreach, reference variable as > > > > >> ${returnVar} > > > > >> > > > > > >> > I tested the XPath with Firebug in Firefox and it matched all > the > > > > items > > > > >> in > > > > >> > the cart unlike JMeter, and I know the basics of XPath, and that > > > > appears > > > > >> to > > > > >> > be the correct XPath. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > So is this a bug with JMeter or am I doing something wrong? Or > > wrong > > > > >> XPath > > > > >> > somehow still? > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Regards, > > > > >> > David > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
