System and method for load testing a web-based application

• US 8,108,183 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2005
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Henri Hein
• Original Assignee: Henri Hein
• Inventors: Hein, Henri
• Primary Examiner(s): NGHIEM, MICHAEL P
• Application Number:
  US11/121,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265190A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,463 Days
• Field of Search: 702/186, 702/119, 702/122, 702/182, 714/25, 714/38, 714/47, 709/223, 709/224
• US Class Current: 702/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3414 Workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet

Abstract

A computer-based method for load testing a web application. The computer-based method includes selecting one or more uniform resource locator (URL) parameters, identifying the selected parameters by parameter type, and loading the web application with URLs created by randomly generating the selected URL parameters. An electronic system adapted to load test a web application utilizing random parameter generation.

Claims

1. A computer system for load testing, the computer system comprising:

a first computer connected to a network;

a computer program, embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, executed by the first computer, the computer program comprising instructions for;

assessing web instances running on one or more web browsers running on the first computer; and

listing some or all of the assessed web instances for selection by a user of the computer system,

wherein said instructions for assessing web instances running on one or more web browsers comprises instructions for;

connecting to a web browser shell interface of a web browser running on the first computer;

listing shell instances running on the web browser shell interface;

determining if each of the shell instances support a COM interface; and

listing the shell instances that support the COM interface.

2. A computer system for load testing, the computer system comprising:

a first computer connected to a network;

a computer program, embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, executed by the first computer, the computer program comprising instructions for;

automatically cataloguing web instances currently running on one or more web browsers running on the first computer;

listing some or all of the catalogued web instances for selection by a user of the computer system;

allowing a user to select one or more of the listed web instances as a test case URL;

displaying parameter values of the selected test case URLs; and

allowing the user to select one or more parameters whose values are to be varied within the selected test case URLs;

wherein said instructions for varying the values of the selected parameters utilize syntax, wherein said syntax comprises;

a symbolic character opening a varying part from a static part;

a command that specifies how to vary the varying part;

a plurality of arguments to the command; and

a symbolic character closing the varying part.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said symbolic character opening the varying part from the static part is left parentheses, and wherein said symbolic character closing the varying part is right parentheses.