Image response validation
Hi Guys, We can validate HTML text content using LoadComplete which is received as part of the page response. Can we validate images which are received as part of the responses from server? I...
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Hi,
I think that you should be able to validate (in this or that extent) the response with the image using Validation functionality of LoadComplete (https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/65164/).
However, I think that you should consider if you are not mixing load and functional testing here.
It is functional testing (performed manually, or using automation tool like TestComplete) that verifies if the correct image is returned by the server.
With the load testing, you are verifying that the server can process the given load and the image is returned to the client. I might imagine that you may want to check if the same image is returned by the given response to evary VirtualUser, but I think that the more resource (or CPU)-friendly way is to check something like the value of the Content-Length property from the response header.
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your response, I would be checking for 'Content-Type' and 'Content-Length' property to check for valid image response.
However the image responses do not have any of those tabs like 'data selectors' or 'Validation' (these tabs are availabe in HTML/ASPX responses). Please see below screenshot. How are we supposed to validate the response in this case?
Thanks.
Hi,
> [...] image responses do not have any of those tabs [...]
Hm-m-m... In this case, probably, the only way to validate is to check the values of the response header properties mentioned by you.
However, again, I think that the fact that correct image is returned by the server must be done by the functional tests. Load tests verify only that the server can successfully handle the given load.
