Thank you for answering my question, But still, what is the usage of setting a valid value, What is the benefit over setting Content-Type header parameter?
On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 3:59 PM glin...@live.com <glin...@live.com> wrote: > It is being used at least: > > 1. For setting request header > < > https://github.com/apache/jmeter/blob/v5_0/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/PostWriter.java#L315> > > 2. For encoding POST request data > < > https://github.com/apache/jmeter/blob/v5_0/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/PostWriter.java#L320> > > 3. For encoding query string > < > https://github.com/apache/jmeter/blob/v5_0/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSamplerBase.java#L1121> > > > The easiest way of testing this is setting Content Encoding to something, > which cannot be resolved to a Java Charset > < > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/index.html?java/nio/charset/StandardCharsets.html> > > , in this case you will immediately get an UnsupportedCharsetException > < > https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/charset/UnsupportedCharsetException.html> > > > Another option of testing this is using View Results Tree > <https://www.blazemeter.com/blog/how-debug-your-apache-jmeter-script> > listener, if you leave the Content Encoding input blank - JMeter will send > default charset (UTF-8). If you set the encoding of your choice - JMeter > will add this as the Content-Type header > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Type> > *charset* parameter > > < > http://www.jmeter-archive.org/file/t340375/Screenshot_2018-12-25_at_14.png> > > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://www.jmeter-archive.org/JMeter-User-f512775.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@jmeter.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@jmeter.apache.org > >