Dear Lyle, While there are some responses already on how to get an exit code with JMeter, I'm questioning whether JMeter is the best tool for what you are trying to accomplish.
It seems to me you are running acceptance tests; testing the functionality of the web application you are developing. Now I don't know all the background details, but in general frameworks like Selenium are more suited for acceptance testing. They let you write tests in Java and give you a 'headless' browser so they can even execute JavaScript and keep track of cookies. This will better reflect the end-user perspective. While I happily use JMeter, I only use it for performance testing. Let me know if you're looking for more information. Regards, Miel On 25 October 2012 00:55, Lyle <[email protected]> wrote: > No responses, so maybe a little more information would help. > > I started out writing a Nagios plugin script that did wget's of our > website, > and grep'ing the html for expected results. By keeping track of cookies, I > was able to log in, query some of my account details, etc. Both wget and > grep return suitable error codes, so the plugin can return a 0(OK), > 1(Warning), or 2(Critical), along with some explanatory text, to Nagios, > and > the process works well. > > But as our website functional monitoring needs got more involved, I looked > for a better tool, and was pointed to JMeter. > > JMeter is certainly better at developing the test using a web proxy, vs > writing the wget calls by hand. But I don't seem to be able to get an > error > return code when running the test on the command line, even though I can > see > the Assertion Test fail when run in the GUI. I suppose I could save the > XML > result from the JMeter run and grep it for results. > > I've been told that JMeter, JUnit, etc are all meant to work with Maven and > will be equally disappointing for me. Is JMeter the wrong tool for what I > need? Any pointers to a better approach. Can I somehow exit the JMeter > test with an error code when an Assertion Test fails (hope, hope). > > Thanks...Lyle > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://jmeter.512774.n5.nabble.com/exiting-with-an-error-return-code-when-Assertion-Test-fails-tp5715096p5715143.html > Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- *Miel Donkers | Agile Solution Developer* * codecentric nederland bv | Laan der Verenigde Naties 60 | 3314 DA Dordrecht | Netherlands tel: +31 (0) 78.6134.220 | mobiel: +31 (0) 6.511.977.38 | [email protected]* *www.codecentric.nl | blog.codecentric.nl | @codecentric_nl<http://www.twitter.com/codecentric_nl> Meer over ons: codecentric nederland bv is Java Expertise partner, met focus op Applicatie Performance Management. We werken met een 100% Agile grondslag. Samen met onze duitse moederorganisatie zijn we 150 medewerkers sterk. We zijn partner voor veel bedrijven waar kwaliteit en vakkennis centraal staat. codecentric is als enige verkozen tot Solution Partner in CER voor Appdynamics <http://www.appdynamics.com/>.* Watch <http://www.appdynamics.com/player/whydemo.php> a 2-min video of AppDynamics | Download<http://www.appdynamics.com/products-free-download.php>AppDynamics Lite for free **
