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john_van_arkele's avatar
john_van_arkele
New Contributor
11 years ago

[LoadUIWeb] Regular expression for data selector

Hi, I need to use a data selector for a dynamic ID in a response to use in subsequent requests. The reponse looks like this:



request=request1&rid=R67gft*6453GBH"



So I have created a data selector with the name of "rid", subexpression "$1" and with the following regex: 



rid=(.*?)\"



And in the follwing requests I use it as follow:



rid=@rid@



Is this correct? Is the regex not including the "rid=" part, which leads to a request of:



rid=rid=R67gft*6453GBH"



instead of the wanted:



rid=R67gft*6453GBH



Just want to make sure I make the correct regex here.



  • PBruce's avatar
    PBruce
    Staff
    11 years ago
    Looks right to me, though if you've wrapped this regex in parenthesis, it itself will be the first subexpression.

    But this test proves that you've got the right expression: http://regexr.com?38981

    If you still have trouble, try changing the subexpression value from $1 to $2, just to see if it is being caught as a subexpression.