JMeter uses only first line of CSV settings - csv

I have JMeter project:
- HTTP Request Defaults
- HTTP Header Manager
- CSV Data Set Config
(filename = my.tsv, variable names = myVar,..., delimiter = \t, others default)
- Thread group
--- Loop Controller
----- HTTP Request (uses ${myVar})
----- Timer
----- View Results Tree
The issue is that only first line of my.tsv is used by JMeter to generate requests. How to fix it?

If you define multiple threads, It should pick the values from the tsv file. each thread picks different value until all the rows consumed and will repeat the records for next threads/iterations.
If you are looking for Loop Controller, in multiple loops and single thread, then JMeter uses the same value picked in first iteration for remaining iterations.

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JMeter reads the old version of csv

I am trying to test some APIs but first I need to get session keys for each customer I use in the test. I have a CSV file with customer login information and read it with each thread.
I have the following form in my JMeter file.
CSV Data Set Config - User Login Info
Set username, password - one for each iteration
Setup Thread Group
BeanShell Sampler to delete the sessionKeys.csv
File file = new File("C:/user/sessionKeys.csv");
if (file.exists() && file.isFile()) {
file.delete();
}
Login Thread - ThreadCount = threadCount, Loop = 1
Login Request
BeanShell PostPrecessor to create file and append Session Keys to sessionKeys.csv
if("${sessionKey}" != "not_found")
{
File file = new File("C:/user/sessionKeys.csv");
FileWriter fWriter = new FileWriter(file, true);
BufferedWriter buff = new BufferedWriter(fWriter);
buff.write("${sessionKey}\n");
buff.close();
fWriter.close();
}
CSV Data Set Config - Session Keys
API Call Thread - ThreadCount = threadCount, Loop = loop
GetData Request
And I noticed that even if the file is actually deleted, created and filled with new sessionKeys, first a few requests uses the old sessionKeys in the file before it was deleted.
I have tried adding constant timer or changing the structure of the JMeter file but nothing worked.
Take a look at JMeter Test Elements Execution Order
Configuration elements
Pre-Processors
Timers
Sampler
Post-Processors (unless SampleResult is null)
Assertions (unless SampleResult is null)
Listeners (unless SampleResult is null)
CSV Data Set Config is a Configuration Element hence it's executed long before the Beanshell Sampler and this perfectly explains the behaviour you're facing.
So if you need to do some pre-processing of the CSV file you will need to do it in setUp Thread Group
Also be aware that starting from JMeter 3.1 you're supposed to be using JSR223 Test Elements and Groovy language for scripting so it makes sense considering migrating.
It looks like the CSV Config element in your test plan exists outside of the thread group and so will be called first before the file is deleted and recreated.
In your case it might be simpler to just store the session key as a JMeter property so that it can be accessed in all thread groups. You can store it using Groovy like props.put("${sessionKey}", sessionKey) or via JMeter functions like ${__setProperty("sessionKey",${sessionKey})}.
The property can then be accessed again using the property function like ${__P(sessionKey,)}.

JMeter - How to run parallel execution with CSV as dataset?

What I am trying to accomplish => Run 50 threads in parallel using a CSV file as the dataset.
Here's how the CSV looks like (Let's say there are 50 records):
Username,Password
user1,password1
user2,password2
...,...
user50, password50
In JMeter, when I run my test case, each thread will consume 1 record of the CSV file in parallel. By that I mean, Thread 1 takes the first record (user1,password1), Thread 2 takes the second record (user2,password2), until the last record (50 in this example). And all of that happens at the same time.
I am still new to JMeter and I would like to know if this is something that is "doable" through this tool. If it is possible, your help is greatly appreciated! :)
Given default CSV Data Set Config setup which looks like:
each thread (virtual user) will take next line of the CSV file on each loop (iteration)
when the last line of the CSV file will be reached it will start over from the beginning
With regards to your "at the same time" requirement - the load pattern is controlled by Thread Group settings (number of threads, loops, ramp-up period), depending on your setup you will have concurrency from 0 to 50 active users, you can observe it using i.e. Active Threads Over Time listener
If you want to send 50 requests at exactly the same moment - consider using Synchronizing Timer
This is possible using CSV Data Set Config element. It reads the data row by row and username and password can be assigned to each thread. You can use the values with following syntax
Username ${Username}
password ${Password}
Also please note that you do not have to define the variable names in the CSV Dataset Config Element as you have them in the first row of the CSV file.

jmeter several http request reading from one csv data set config

Is it posible to have several http request read from one csv data set config?
I whant to make http request 1 to read from line 1 to 50 and http request 2 read from line 51 to 100 from the .csv file, and so on. Is this posible? or do i ahve to make more small csv files and more csv data set config.
Yes it is possible but generally not recommended. It will be much easier if smaller CSV's are used. Nevertheless you can make following changes for doing it through CSV data set config: -
Configure "Recycle on EOF" to False.
Configure "Stop thread on EOF" to False.
Sharing mode to "All threads".
Place HTTP requests in different thread group and set total number of threads to desired value. In your case the value for 1st and 2nd thread group should be 50. Also make sure that two thread groups does not start at same time. Add a startup delay for 2nd thread group.

jmeter to issue http request based on response

I'm using Jmeter for my API testing using various http requests and various samplers to validate them. Now, I'm writing test for another http request. In this test,the steps are:
Issue a http request. Handle response.
using xpath xtractor, I'm extracting the response and storing URL in another variable(store_url).
If variable has a URL, repeat step-1.
This loops has to be repeated until no value is stored in (store_URL).
There is not definite number, how many time the loop has to be repeated. It is based on store_url is empty or not.
How can I achieve this in jmeter? I know step-1 and step-2. But I'm looking how to repeat step-1 and step-2. Please help me.
set a jmeter variable loopCount to 1 for init value,
move your step 1 and 2 into a loop controller,
set to loop count to ${loopCount}
in your step 2,
increase loopCount if store_url is found after you finish xpath xtractor
Put your points 1 and 2 under While Controller
Use ${__javaScript(vars.get("store_URL") != null)} as While Controller's Condition
In condition __javaScript() function is used to check store_URL variable value.
if store_URL variable is set (has any value) - everything under the While Controller will start over
if store_URL variable becomes null - the look will break
vars - is a shorthand to JMeterVariables class instance, it provides read/write access to all JMeter Variables
See Using JMeter Functions article for more detailed information on __javaScript and other useful functions

Jmeter CSV issue

Please help me with following issue:
I have a simple Jmeter test with where variables are stored in CSV file. There is only one request in the test:
Get .../api/${page} , where ${page} is a variable from CSV
Everything goes well with thread properties for ex. 10 threads x30 loop count
If i increase any parameter, for ex. in 10x40 or 15x30, i receive at least one error and looks like this is jmeter issue:
one request (random) isn't able to take variable from CSV and i got an error:
-.../api/page returns 404 error
So the question is - is there any limit in jmeter's connection to CSV file?
Thanks in advance.
A key point to focus on is the way your application manage the case when 2 different users require the same page.
There are few checks that I would recommend:
be sure that the "Recycle on EOF" property is true
be sure that you have more lines on CSV than the number of threads you are firing
use a "View result tree" controller to investigate the kind of error you are getting
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