how to calculate HASH256 on just a part of xml in JMETER

Question

• I\'m doing API testing using Jmeter3.1. [im junior tester and new]
• I have a test where i have to send an xml in request iteratively. with each iteration a differe

Answer 1

1. I don't know what is HASH256
2. As far as I can see your XML is malformed, this bit: </r:FileInfo Language="nl"> should look like </r:FileInfo>

In any case you should be looking at JSR223 PostProcessor and Groovy language so you would be able to:

• Parse previous sampler response
• Fetch first <Legal> tag value
• Calculate SHA256 Hex out of it

Example code:

def data = new groovy.xml.XmlSlurper().parseText(prev.getResponseDataAsString())
def firstLegal = new groovy.xml.StreamingMarkupBuilder().bindNode(data.FileInfo.cSecurityNumbers.'*'[0]) as String
def hash256 = org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.sha256Hex(firstLegal) 

Demo:

More information:

• Apache Groovy - Processing XML
• Apache Groovy - Why and How You Should Use It
• StreamingMarkupBuilder
• DigestUtils

I cannot guarantee the above code will work as you expect due to the aforementioned 2 points, but it should guide you to the proper direction