How to select an option using regular expression extractor in JMETER

Question

I have two select options.Based on first option selected we can chose the second option. Based on the Industry we choose we have to select the category. My code is

<select name="data[Product][industry_id]" class="form-control" id="ProductIndustryId">
<option value="">-Select Industry-</option>
<option value="1">Textiles</option>
<option value="2">Automobiles</option>
<option value="10">Home Improvement</option>
</select>

<select name="data[Product][category_id]" class="form-control" id="ProductCategoryId">
</select>

On Selection of my industry will automatically populate the category.But was not able to select the industry using regex

Xpath extractor

 Reference name: indus
 Xpath Query:         
                //select[@id='ProductIndustryId']/option[text()='Automobiles']/@value 
 Default Value: NONE

Any help...

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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I'd rather go for XPath Extractor as it isn't recommended to parse HTML with regular expressions.

For instance if you want to get value for Automobiles which is 2 you need following expression:

//select[@id='ProductIndustryId']/option[text()='Automobiles']/@value

I guess that the category is being auto-populated using JavaScript. JMeter isn't capable of executing JavaScript so you'll need to do the mapping manually.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:29

Dmitri T

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Thanks for helping. Is Referencing xpath extractor is same as regex? If so still not able to select the option – user3181335 Mar 18 '14 at 07:39
Yes, you can refer to variables the same way, either by `${variablename}` or via function as `${__V(variablename)}` which is useful for combining several variables and evaluating result. – Dmitri T Mar 18 '14 at 07:46
Still the option is not selected – user3181335 Mar 18 '14 at 08:08
JMeter won't trigger JavaScript execution, you'll have to populate your request manually – Dmitri T Mar 18 '14 at 16:00

How to select an option using regular expression extractor in JMETER

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