[Webtest] webTest, session and multiple web servers

[Marc Guillemot]

Or even better <selectWebClient .../> which allows you to work with many 
"browsers" within a single <webtest>:
http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/selectWebClient.html

Marc.

Dierk Koenig wrote:
> In 
> 
> <webtest>
>  <config ... />
>  <steps>
>   <invoke url="1" />  
>   <invoke url="2" />
>  </steps>
> </webtest>
> 
> both invoke steps run in the same session. Only in 
> 
> <webtest>
>  <config ... />
>  <steps>
>   <invoke url="1" />  
>  </steps>
> </webtest>
> <webtest>
>  <config ... />
>  <steps>
>   <invoke url="2" />
>  </steps>
> </webtest>
> 
> they would be in two separate sessions (which is useful
> to test whether data has actually been persisted).
> 
> In case the second invoke should not share the same config,
> you can use the invoke step with a fully qualified url,
> see http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/invoke.html
> 
> 
> hope that helps
> Dierk
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com
>> [mailto:webtest-admin@lists.canoo.com]On Behalf Of dav
>> Sent: Dienstag, 26. Juni 2007 12:15
>> To: webtest@lists.canoo.com
>> Subject: [Webtest] webTest, session and multiple web servers
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to write script to do this :
>>
>> 1- query '/' web1 to create session + store a value in session
>> 2- query web2 (with invoke, not using clickLink)
>> 3- back to web1 and retrieve value stored in session in step 1
>>
>> According to http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/webtest.html, I
>> know about "[...] Each <webtest> task is executed in its own web
>> session[...]".
>>
>> According to http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/config.html, I know
>> about "[...] This is a nested task of webtest and is used to configure
>> the target host system to use [...]".
>>
>> So, now is time to give you the question :
>> How can I do to request using something like "invoke",  to query 
>> first web1, web2, and finally retrieve session on web1
>> when back ?
>>
>> david.
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