JMeter - How to read properties file

Question

My JMeter project is like this.

project
    |
     ----> test (folder containing .jmx)
    |
     ----> properties (folder containing .properties files)

In the non-gui mode, I can pass .properties file name to the test via commandline - which I know.

But how can I read this property file in GUI mode while debugging? I do not want to place them in the bin folder. Is there any other way? like a config element? Is it easy to write a custom config element to read a property file?

Answer 1

I too had a same requirement. It is easy to write a config element.

Refer to this. http://www.testautomationguru.com/jmeter-property-file-reader-a-custom-config-element/

Answer 2

The simplest way is passing the property file location to JMeter running in GUI via -q command-line argument as:

jmeter.bat -q d:\somefolder\somefile.properties

Alternative option is using scripting, i.e. you can read arbitrary .properties file via Beanshell Sampler and the following code:

FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File("d:/somefolder/somefile.properties"));
props.load(is);
is.close();

You'll be able to reference properties loaded this way as normal using __property() or __P() function.

For more information on scripting in Apache JMeter and a kind of Beanshell cookbook see How to use BeanShell: JMeter's favorite built-in component guide.

Answer 3

Add "tag-jmeter-extn-1.1.jat" in ext of your jmeter. Then you can use Property file Reader easily

My THScript.properties looks like below

TH_Performance_ScriptName=Web.jmx Performance_TestData=c:/Result/

Accessing Property file values:

${__P(Performance_TestData)}