Re: Using POST with invoke

Eric Bunton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.canoo.webtest
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Got it. I was missing the content type of what was being posted and that caused it to fail.
Thanks
Eric
On Jul 12, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Tim Pezarro wrote:

> Eric,
> 
> The post method typically needs a field in the body.
> 
> I forget what it is called.
> 
> When I get a chance I will send you an example of a working post I am using.
> 
> One way to find the correct value is to use wireshark to sniff the value of the post. This is very useful if you do not have direct control over the website you are testing.
> 
> If you search the canoo mailing list for my name and wireshark ( or google search) you should find an example I provided for someone else.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tim Pezarro
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tue Jul 12 07:22:23 2011
> Subject: [Webtest] Using POST with invoke
> 
> I am trying to POST in the invoke tag using
> <invoke url="http://${ip}:8080/xpress/rest/LibraryCard/register/DEMO/AUTOMATEDTEST"
>        	description="DEMO Register Test for ${ip}" method="POST"/>
> 
> but the invoke fails. This causes all subsequent tests to fail. Is there something I am doing wrong on this and is it even possible to do a post in the invoke?
> 
> Thanks
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