Browser like dealing with sequential URL

[Marcin]

Hi,

What is the easiest way to use jakarta HttpClient 3.0 , to behave like
browser executing methods with sequential URLs?
For example:
I'm executing method with `http://google.com`
Then I'm executing method with `/catalog1/` (My aim is to execute with
`http://google.com/catalog1/`)
Then I'm executing method with `index2.html` (My aim is to execute with
`http://google.com/catalog1/index2.html`)
Then I'm executing method with `/catalog2` (My aim is to execute with
`http://google.com/catalog2/`)

What I want is to simulate browser behavior dealing with URLs in links,
forms and so on.

Anyone has experience in that field?

Thanks.
M.

 

[Ryan Dillon]

For what purpose do you want to do the simulation? Is it for functional
testing or stress testing maybe?

Have you checked out HttpUnit (http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/). It
allows you to easily call urls via GETs and POSTs etc and check all
sorts of things in the response.

Cheers

 

[Marcin]

Thanks Ryan.

It's rather functional testing.

The HttpUnit has great functionality, but I need something that has
functionality of both: HttpUnit (great html parsing and handling) and
HttpClient (many configuration parameters, timeout, etc.)

I will stay with HttpClient.
The only problem I have with it now is I can't get the current URI.
When it handles redirections automatically ,getURI method gets for me
the URI which I declared, but I want the last URI after all
redirections. I must handle redirections by myself which isn't efficient
for me.

 

[Ryan Dillon]

No probs. You have probably seen this already, but just in case:
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/redirects.html
It shows you how to manually handle redirects and get the
redirected url.

 

[Marcin]

No probs. You have probably seen this already, but just in case:
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/redirects.html
It shows you how to manually handle redirects and get the
redirected url.

And that way I had to do this. By the way, it would be much easier when
I could get effective url from executed httpmethod.

Cheers,
M.