Summary
In this chapter, we went through the details of how to capture form submission in JMeter. We covered simple forms with checkboxes and radio buttons. The same concepts covered in those sections can be equally applied to other input form elements such as text areas, combo boxes, and so on. We further explored how to deal with file uploads and downloads when recording test plans. Along the way, we addressed working with JSON data, both posting and consuming them. This exposed us to two powerful and flexible JMeter Post-Processors, Regular Expression Extractor, and BSF PostProcessor. Finally, we took a look at how to deal with XML data when we encounter them. For that, we covered yet another Post-Processors that JMeter offers, XPath Extractor PostProcessor. You will now be able to use what you learned so far to accomplish most tasks you need to with forms while planning and scripting your test plans.
In the next chapter, we will dive into managing sessions with JMeter and see how we can...
