FW: [ptt-users] HTTP params in agentbase script

[Mark.Lutton at thomson.com]

Thanks for the help.  The results of the test are even stranger.
 
Here is the beginning of the test, interspersed with Tomcat's localhost_access_log output:
 
  self.params = [ [ '''test''', '''maker''' ] ]
  self.get(  ''http://localhost:8080/tomcat.gif''', self.params)
 
  "GET /tomcat.gif?test=maker HTTP/1.1"
 
  self=params = [ [ '''start''', '''true''' ], [ '''foo''', '''bar''' ] ]
  self.get( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/quickStartFake.do''', self.params)
 
  "GET /myApp/quickStartFakeSession.do?start=true&foo=bar HTTP/1.1"
  "GET /myApp/images/MyAppFake.gif HTTP/1.1"
  "GET /myApp/images/app_logo_sm.gif HTTP/1.1"
 
  self.params = [ ]
 
  self.get( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp''' )  
  self.get( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/''' )
  "GET /myApp/?start=true&foo=bar HTTP/1.1"
 
  self.get( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/index2.jsp''' )
  "GET /myApp/index2.jsp?start=true&foo=bar HTTP/1.1"
 
  self.get( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/appFramer.do''' )
  "GET /myApp/appFramer.do?start=true&foo=bar HTTP/1.1"
 
  self.params = [ [ '''userName''', '''manager''' ], [ '''password''', '''manager''' ], [ '''submit''', '''Logon''' ] ]
  self.post( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/logon.do''', self.params)
  "POST /myApp/logon.do?start=true&foo=bar HTTP/1.1"
 
I have to assume the Tomcat log shows the request exactly as it is received, so the problem is on the client side.
 
If I change the quickStart to a POST, I get this:
 
  self.params = [ [ '''test''', '''maker''' ] ]
  self.get(  ''http://localhost:8080/tomcat.gif''', self.params)
 
  "GET /tomcat.gif?test=maker HTTP/1.1"
 
  self=params = [ [ '''start''', '''true''' ], [ '''foo''', '''bar''' ] ]
  self.post( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/quickStartFake.do''', self.params)
 
  "POST /myApp/quickStartFakeSession.do?test=maker HTTP/1.1"
 
Why are the parameters put into the query line for a GET but not for a POST?  GET and POST both allow for a query line and for parameters.  (GET and POST should work identically.  The only difference between them is a semantic detail.  GET requests are supposed to have no side effects; POST requests are assumed to have side effects.  On Windows I have a shortcut to http://localhost:8080/myApp/quickStartFake.do?start=true which does a GET (I don't think a shortcut can do a POST) so this is a rare case of a GET with a side effect.)
 
I can solve my problem for this script by using a POST, but I would like to understand what is going on here.  Otherwise, the queries I construct in the script are not going to match the queries seen in production.
 
Mark Lutton
Business Intelligence Services, a Thomson Business
 

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From: users-bounces at lists.pushtotest.com on behalf of Geoff Meakin
Sent: Thu 11/30/2006 5:15 AM
To: TestMaker users list
Subject: RE: [ptt-users] HTTP params in agentbase script



I suggest you don't use that format, but the first format

self.params = [ [ '''start''', '''true''' ] ]
self.get('''http://localhost:8080/myApp/quickStartFake.do''')

Hopefully this will help?

Cheers
-Geoff




-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at lists.pushtotest.com
[mailto:users-bounces at lists.pushtotest.com] On Behalf Of
Mark.Lutton at thomson.com
Sent: 30 November 2006 01:20
To: users at lists.pushtotest.com
Subject: [ptt-users] HTTP params in agentbase script

Hello!

I'm just beginning to use TestMaker and I have a problem that I don't
understand.  (TestMaker 4.4; Tomcat 5.0.28 on the server side.)

I used the Recorder to create a script.  This has a number of self.get()
statements in it.

Here is part of the script:

  self.params = [ [ '''userName''', '''manager''' ], ['''password''',
'''manager''' ], [ '''submit''', '''Logon''' ] ]
  self.post( '''http://localhost:8080/myApp/logon.do''', self.params)

On the server side I have the application print the parameters from the
HTTP request:

  Logon:  parameter:  password=manager
  Logon:  parameter:  submit=Logon
  Logon:  parameter:  userName=manager

My application has a "magic URL" which, if called as the very first
request on start up, sets it to a local test mode.  So I added the
following to the script before any other self.get or self.post:


self.get('''http://localhost:8080/myApp/quickStartFake.do?start=true''')

This is followed by several other get's and then the post as seen above.
But now here's what happens in the logon request:

  Logon:  parameter:  password=manager
  Logon:  parameter:  submit=Logon
  Logon:  parameter:  userName=manager
  Logon:  parameter:  start=true

It should still have only the three parameters password, submit and
userName.  I don't think the problem is on the server side.  The
parameter is not cached, and it's not being put into the request by the
application.  I can't force this to happen from the browser.

Here is what I see in the Tomcat log.  In the first case (no
quickStartFake):

   "POST /myApp/logon.do HTTP/1.1"
   "GET /myApp/managerConsole.do HTTP/1.1"  etc.

In the second case:

  "GET /myApp/quickStartFake.do?start=true HTTP/1.1"
  "POST /myApp/logon.do?start=true HTTP/1.1"
  "GET /myApp/managerConsole.do?start=true HTTP/1.1" etc.

It appears that the query parameter is extracted from the first get and
appended to each succeeding get or post.  I can't see how this is
happening in agentbase.py, or any way to fix this.

Can anyone explain what is happening?  Thanks.


Mark Lutton
Business Intelligence Services, a Thomson Business

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