9 Replies Latest reply on Nov 3, 2014 10:32 AM by linthomas1

    HTTP POST used in WPM

    dihris
    dihris Jan 15, 2013 3:54 PM

      Hello folks,

       

      Is there an option or a proper way in WPM to perform HTTP POST against a web site and then verify what is needed?

      To me it seems that WPM supports only GET and HEAD requests.

       

      Thank you in advance for your time and suggestions!

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        • Re: HTTP POST used in WPM
          macnugetz
          macnugetz Jan 15, 2013 5:53 PM (in response to dihris)

          dihris,

           

          Could you specify exactly what you're trying to do?  WPM supports the ability to record things like filling out and submitting a web form.

           

          -Craig

            • Re: HTTP POST used in WPM
              dihris
              dihris Jan 15, 2013 11:37 PM (in response to macnugetz)

              Hello Craig,

               

              I have web servers configured to respond on POST requests only.

              If I try and record URL from one of those web servers with WPM recorder I get "Page cannot be displayed" HTML error 405 which is what I would expect as initially WPM recorder sends GET request that is not being accepted by the web server.

              What I'm looking is to set a monitoring for URL where I can send POST request with data enclosed in the request message's body and then verify what is needed.

               

              To wrap it up I have the following:

              POST URL: https://mydomain.com

              POST data: set of parameters sent to the web page wrapped in POST request message body

              Expected result: "text string"

              I need to be able to monitor the POST URL by sending POST data on regular intervals and verifying the "text string" as a result.

               

              Thanks

                • Re: HTTP POST used in WPM
                  lukas.cerny
                  lukas.cerny Jan 16, 2013 1:57 AM (in response to dihris)

                  Hello dihris,

                   

                  a best way to simulate this behavior would be to create a simple page with form on it which would upon submitting sent POST data to your site. You could then record the navigation to this page, click on the submit button and then use text verify feature. This created page must be accessible from all playback locations where transactions based on this recording will be played.

                   

                  Let me know if you have any questions.

                   

                  Thanks,

                  Lukas

                    • Re: HTTP POST used in WPM
                      dihris
                      dihris Jan 16, 2013 11:47 AM (in response to lukas.cerny)

                      Hello Lukas,

                       

                      Yes, this kind of solution would work if there are handful of web servers and all of them are using the same POST data for monitoring. In addition to that you add additional layer of failure where the webpage that you create can go down which automatically will prompt the monitoring system to flag all monitored web servers as down.

                      I have multiple web servers using different POST data for being checked and I do not see your solution feasible for that kind of setup.

                      I was thinking of writing a script which would perform the POST against my web sites and then verifying what is needed.  Once the script is written, trigger it using the External Process Monitor.

                • Re: HTTP POST used in WPM
                  linthomas1
                  linthomas1 Nov 3, 2014 10:32 AM (in response to dihris)

                  We just encounter same issue with IE. Our website is written with Joomla and IE does not handle it very well. Our developers basically to recommend to use Chrome and Firefox. But I understand that Solarwinds WPM is based on IE and it does not work right and keep getting false messages. I hope they can do that a feature request rather quickly.