[Webtest] CGI variables in WebTest

[Terry Steichen]

Jon,

My experience is that, while most requests from other pages do set the
"referer" parameter, when the user comes to you from a bookmark, "referer"
will be blank.  So, the usefulness of this parameter depends to some extent
on how many users reach you via a bookmark.

Regards,

Terry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Gunnip" <Jon.Gunnip@hsc.utah.edu>
To: <webtest@lists.canoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Webtest] CGI variables in WebTest


> Marc,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  It looks like I should look into whether or not
> httpunit can be configured or extended to include the Referrer on get's.
>  I have temporarily disabled the referrer check in my development
> environment as a temporary fix.
>
> I believe most browsers do pass the Referrer in the sequence I outlined.
>  For about a year in production, we have had a central login system that
> relies on browsers working this way, and we have had no complaints about
> it not working.
>
> Thanks again,
> Jon
>
>
>
> >>> mguillemot@yahoo.fr 03/20/04 9:51 AM >>>
> Hi Jon,
>
> It seems to me that it is an httpunit issue.
> Concerning the sequence: are you sure that the browsers of your visitors
> will really send the Referrer header? I can
> imagine that some browsers can be configured to disable sending this
> information for privacy reasons.
>
> Marc.
>
> Jon Gunnip wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm wondering if there is a way to get WebTest to set CGI variables
> > like HTTP_REFERRER when doing a GET?
> >
> > Looking at my webserver log, it will only set HTTP_REFERRER when it
> > does a post.  Browsers will set HTTP_REFERRER when doing a get.
> >
> > This is my sequence:
> > POST of Login form leads to client-side redirect (GET) to User home
> > page.  The user home page checks HTTP_REFERRER to make sure the user
> > came from our login site.  Since WebTest's HTTP_REFERRER is blank, the
> > redirect fails and the user is sent back to the login page.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jon
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