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swilson
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13 years ago

LoadUI/SoapUI Web Page Test: User Input

Hi,
I have been evaluating loadUI and so far everything looks great. Very well documented and easy to use.

One of my evaluation use-cases is to have a test case for our web-app to:
1) Navigate to the logon page
2) Enter user-name password
3) Click Login and see our post-logon "dashboard" page (user session is maintained in an HTTP cookie. The dashboad will not render without a successful login)

From the loadUI "Testing Web Pages" tutorial I am directed to use soapUI for cases classed as "complex" such as those which need to "Maintain sessions via HTTP Cookies...".
I can only find very basic documentation for setting up a SoapUI web test case. Using this I can navigate to the logon page (step 1) but I can't find how enter to credentials and login (steps 2-3).
My keybaord input is not captured when I use the recorder (it does not appear on screen).

I am using SoapUI v4.0 and LoadUI v1.5 (neither is the professional version).

All of our UI test cases will have a pre-requisite of a logon so this is a show-stopper for our evaluation. It seems a bit like the great documentation stopped just when I got to the fundamentals of what I need to test.

Please can somebody help with this? My only alternative is to switch over to jMeter - loadUI has been so much better so far, I really don't want to do this!

Thanks

Sarah

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  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    13 years ago
    Hi,

    You should be able to use the Web Recording feature of soapUI, as described here. Basically you use the HTML view of the TestCase to enter the login information, just like you would any other browser. Good luck!

    Regards,
    Dain
    eviware.com
  • swilson's avatar
    swilson
    New Contributor
    13 years ago
    Thanks for the reply Dain.
    I had got as far as creating the web test case and recording. The problem is happening when I try to input data into my fields and submit the form. I've uploaded a screen shot to show what I mean.



    I can click around the screen but I can't input data.

    I don't know whether it makes a difference. The application is written using wicket so names etc are generated dynamically. I had to use regular expressions to get things working in jmeter.
    (follow-up: I don't think the problem is wicket. I tried inputting data in the form at this URL using a web test case and had the same problem: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp)

    Best Regards
    Sarah
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    13 years ago
    Hi,

    Hmm, it may be that this dynamically generated form isn't handled by the web recording in soapUI. If you know the POST parameters that submitting the form actually sends, then you can manually create a HttpTestStep to do this, but the details on this depend on the exact parameters of the form, so I can't help you much there.

    Regards,
    Dain
    eviware.com
  • swilson's avatar
    swilson
    New Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi Dain,
    Thanks for the quick reply again!

    I tried a static page: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
    This had the same problems. I could not type data into the input fields on the form using the recorder.

    I'm sure I'll have problems further on with wicket, but I now don't think this is one of them.
    Any ideas?

    Best Regards
    Sarah
  • PaulKeates's avatar
    PaulKeates
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi,

    I have exactly the same problems with soapUI; unable to automate the login page and the fields not accepting input.

    I wrote them up (today) and am hoping that someone can figure it out. I will keep searching / experimenting for the answer.

    I submitted my ticket on the soapUI forum.

    I think this could be a great tool if these things could be solved; we'd pay for the PRO version.

    Thanks,

    Paul
  • swilson's avatar
    swilson
    New Contributor
    13 years ago
    Thanks wangyin. The second form I tested this with is publically available and is a very simple form.
    It's on the w3 site: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp.
    I used that one to rule out anything 'fancy' in my site.
    In the end I switched to using jMeter which is a shame because the loadUI/soapUI seems a far nicer tool.
    Best Regards
    Sarah
  • jchas5's avatar
    jchas5
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    We are experiencing the same problem. Is there any status on this?
  • roberticogonzal's avatar
    roberticogonzal
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Same problem here. Tried to input user name and password and I can't. Any status on this issue?

    Regards,
    RG
  • cuperman007's avatar
    cuperman007
    New Contributor
    13 years ago
    Same problem for me (My post parameters aren't being successfully processed for an ASP.NET app (__EVENTVALIDATION and __VIEWSTATE) ).

    I was not able to record the POST behaviour, not able to use HTTP Monitor and copy the POSTS and also not successful in manually creating the POST (copying request information in from Fiddler).

    Any chance of a load of additions to the Web and HTTP section on at SoapUI.org?

    This is pretty frustrating, and lack of commentary from Eviware / SmartBear is also very poor!

    Thanks,
    Mark
  • maheshkatte's avatar
    maheshkatte
    New Contributor
    13 years ago
    Am also facing the same issue..
    am not able to add the username and password as input data
    pl help
    Thanks and Regards
    Mahesh Katte
    8983415949
    India




    swilson wrote:
    Hi,
    I have been evaluating loadUI and so far everything looks great. Very well documented and easy to use.

    One of my evaluation use-cases is to have a test case for our web-app to:
    1) Navigate to the logon page
    2) Enter user-name password
    3) Click Login and see our post-logon "dashboard" page (user session is maintained in an HTTP cookie. The dashboad will not render without a successful login)

    From the loadUI "Testing Web Pages" tutorial I am directed to use soapUI for cases classed as "complex" such as those which need to "Maintain sessions via HTTP Cookies...".
    I can only find very basic documentation for setting up a SoapUI web test case. Using this I can navigate to the logon page (step 1) but I can't find how enter to credentials and login (steps 2-3).
    My keybaord input is not captured when I use the recorder (it does not appear on screen).

    I am using SoapUI v4.0 and LoadUI v1.5 (neither is the professional version).

    All of our UI test cases will have a pre-requisite of a logon so this is a show-stopper for our evaluation. It seems a bit like the great documentation stopped just when I got to the fundamentals of what I need to test.

    Please can somebody help with this? My only alternative is to switch over to jMeter - loadUI has been so much better so far, I really don't want to do this!

    Thanks

    Sarah