The document discusses how to write JMeter scripts to test SOAP and REST web services using different HTTP request methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. It provides steps to create GET and POST requests in JMeter, including adding the HTTP request, specifying the server name and path, adding query parameters, and viewing the results. POST requests allow specifying a body and headers, and an example is given of a SOAP request body and Content-Type header. More information is available from the listed sources.

1. Testing SOAP/REST Web Services
Using JMeter
July 2014

2. Representational Site Transfer (REST)
• The most popular RESTs include:
1. GET
2. POST
3. PUT
4. DELETE
• The response return status codes indicate success or failure,
along with any applicable headers. JSON represents the
affected fields (or nothing) in the message-body.
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3. How to Write a JMeter Script with GET (1)
GET is the easiest and most common request method.
To write a JMeter script with GET:
1.Add an HTTP Request to your Thread Group.
2.Fill in the Server Name or IP, path, and select the GET method.
– For example, we use validate.jsontest.com as Server Name and ‘/’ as path
3.If your API request contains query parameters, you may specify them in [a]
path (for example, ‘/?json=[1:1]’) or in [a] Parameters area:
1. Name: json
2. Value: [1:1]
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4. How to Write a JMeter Script with GET (2)
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5. 4. Add the View Results Tree, and run the script.
– Here you’ll find the sampler result, request, and response data of your request.
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How to Write a JMeter Script with GET (3)
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6. • With POST requests, you can fill both the body and the
headers. You can also specify query parameters in path.
• The HTTP headers, which contain metadata, are tightly defined
by the HTTP spec. They can only contain plain text and must be
formatted in a certain manner.
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How to Write a JMeter Script with POST (1)
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7. • To specify headers, you’ll need the HTTP Header Manager with
the most common headers. These include Content-Type and
Accept:
– Content-Type : This entity-header field indicates the media type of
the entity-body sent to the recipient.
– Accept: This can be used to specify certain media types which are
acceptable for the response. You can use a user agent to simulate
different behaviors of various browsers.
• Post Body can be useful for the following requests: GWT RPC
HTTP, JSON REST HTTP, XML REST HTTP and SOAP HTTP.
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8. For instance, when using the server name: www.webservicex.net
Path: /periodictable.asmx
Body:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<GetAtoms xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET" />
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
And header: Content-Type: text/xml
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• You can configure other requests similar to GET and POST, using required methods,
path, parameters, or body and headers.
• Please note that the webservice (SOAP) request is depreciated and the SOAP/XML-RPC
request is active. Please use the HTTP_Request instead.
How to Write a JMeter Script with POST (4)
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How to Write a JMeter Script with POST (5)
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11. Results of the HTTP Request Test
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