web_custom_request - correlation for 2F%, %2B etc

[Deb_1]

Hi,

We have recorded the web script  where in web_custom_request sends VIEWSTATE and EVENTVALIDATION with additional character 2F% or RB% etc where as server response for this request is without these characters 

Can you suggest how to correlate these values?? 

I tried to use HTML_TO_URL in web_reg_save_param as a variable but LR throws an error as invalid variable 

please let me know your thought 

Thanks 

Deb

[Deb_1]

For more reference, copied the recorded and server response here 

Recorded 

"__VIEWSTATE=%2FwEPDwULLTE2MjQyMDgxMDEPZBYCZg9kFgICAQ9kFggCAQ8WAh4EVGV4dAUINDcwNDI0NTJkAgcPFgIeBGhyZWYFPmh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWdsLmNvbS5hdS9TaXRlVG9vbHMvUGFnZXMvRkFRcy5hc3B4P2NhdD1Ib21lK0ZBUSdzZAILD2QWBGYPZBYCZg9kFgICAQ8WAh8ABcACPGRpdj48ZGl2PlRvIHZpZXcgeW91ciBjb25zdW1wdGlvbiwgc2VsZWN0IGFuIGVuZXJneSB0eXBlIGFuZCBhIGRhdGUgcmFuZ2UuPC9kaXY%2BPGRpdj7CoDwvZGl2PjxkaXY%2BWW91IHdpbGwgc2VlIGEgZ3JhcGggc2hvd2luZyB5b3VyIGF2ZXJhZ2UgZGFpbHkgdXNhZ2UgYW5kIGVzdGltYXRlZCBncmVlbmhvdXNlIGdhcyBlbWlzc2lvbnMsIGdpdmluZyB5b3UgYW4gb3ZlcmFsbCBwaWN0dXJlIG9mIHlvdXIgZW5lcmd5IHVzYWdlLiBUaGUgdGFibGUgYmVsb3cgc2hvd3MgeW91ciB0b3RhbCB1c2FnZSBmb3IgdGhhdCBiaWxsaW5nIHBlcmlvZC48L2Rpdj48L2Rpdj5kAgEPZBYCZg9kFg4CAw8QDxYGHg5EYXRhVmFsdWVGaWVsZAUOQ29udHJhY3ROdW1iZXIeDURhdGFUZXh0RmllbGQFEENvbnRyYWN0RnVlbFR5cGUeC18hRGF0YUJvdW5kZ2QQFQINUGxlYXNlIHNlbGVjdAtFbGVjdHJpY2l0eRUCAAo5MDIyMzc0MDU4FCsDAmdnFgECAWQCBQ8QDxYCHwRnZBAVDQJNTQIwMQIwMgIwMwIwNAIwNQIwNgIwNwIwOAIwOQIxMAIxMQIxMhUNAAIwMQIwMgIwMwIwNAIwNQIwNgIwNwIwOAIwOQIxMAIxMQIxMhQrAw1nZ2dnZ2dnZ2dnZ2dnZGQCBw8QDxYCHwRnZBAVBgRZWVlZBDIwMDgEMjAwOQQyMDEwBDIwMTEEMjAxMhUGAAQyMDA4BDIwMDkEMjAxMAQyMDExBDIwMTIUKwMGZ2dnZ2dnZGQCCQ8QDxYCHwRnZBAVDQJNTQIwMQIwMgIwMwIwNAIwNQIwNgIwNwIwOAIwOQIxMAIxMQIxMhUNAAIwMQIwMgIwMwIwNAIwNQIwNgIwNwIwOAIwOQIxMAIxMQIxMhQrAw1nZ2dnZ2dnZ2dnZ2dnZGQCCw8QDxYCHwRnZBAVBgRZWVlZBDIwMDgEMjAwOQQyMDEwBDIwMTEEMjAxMhUGAAQyMDA4BDIwMDkEMjAxMAQyMDExBDIwMTIUKwMGZ2dnZ2dnZGQCDQ8WAh4JaW5uZXJodG1sZWQCEQ8WAh4HVmlzaWJsZWhkAg0PZBYEAgEPZBYCAgEPFgIeBXN0eWxlBRhjdXJzb3I6cG9pbnRlcjtkaXNwbGF5OjtkAgUPZBYCZg8WAh8AZGRkqgUstyhmbc8TPHowyTgJdBJE2lg%3D&"

Response

VIEWSTATE|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|

[xtom · Accepted solution]

Hello Deb!

After correlation you to to do some conversion of the string. Try to use the following commands:

     lr_output_message("Correlated Value %s ", lr_eval_string("{YourCorrelatedValue}"));

     web_convert_param("YourCorrelatedValue", "SourceEncoding=URL", "TargetEncoding=HTML", LAST);

     lr_output_message("Converted Value %s ", lr_eval_string("{YourCorrelatedValue}"));

You will see that for example "%2F" is changed to "/".

Regards

Thomas

[VinsterZ]

It might be easier to convert the "web_custom_request" to "web_submit_data". This could be achieved by using tools like Firebug to convert the Body of web_custom_request to Name-Value combination for web_submit_data.

[shanki78]

are you getting the error in the script because of this issue?

Its doesn’t matter of getting the server response as  HTML-encoded or URL-encoded as long as u get the proper response since web_custome_request supports both the format and even server accepts this.

Even if u submit the the encoded format u will get the response from the serevr....

[Pathan]

The simple and easiest way to do correlation for these kind of custom_requests especially _VIEWSTATE by creating some rules with right LB & RB and re-generate the script. LR will create web_reg_save_param and web_convert_param functions for you in the appropriate places. Make Sure  the size "MaxParamLen" in CorrelationSettings.xml under config folder would be more than 4096. Sometimes, the size of the ViewState will be more than 4096 bytes. So in such cases some view states won't be correlated as you expect.