Automatically generate HTTP request URLs in JMeter

Question

I have an API call URL similar to this:

http://domain.com/rest/getValues?apiKey=sdfsdf&customerId=2200&timestampBegin=2013-08-15%2018:00:00%20CEST&timestampEnd=2013-08-19%2018:00:00%20CEST

I would like to dynamically change the time stamps, as well as the customerId, picked from a given set of timestamps and customerIds. Is this possible to do in Jmeter (preferably through GUI)?

Answer 1

Assuming that you are have inputs coming from external CSV file, you can use CSV data set config as explained here.

Your test plan will look something like

• Thread groups
  • CSV Data Set config (define the file path and the variable names. You will be able to read these variables in request.
  • HTTP Sampler
    • http://domain.com/rest/getValues?apiKey=sdfsdf&customerId=${custid}&timestampBegin=${begin}&timestampEnd=${end}