jmeter use regex to get link text -

jmeter use regex to get link text -

i want utilize jmeters regular look extractor grab link http response have. how grab whats within <a href="text"></a>? want text.

<a([^>]+)>(.+?)<\/a>

the look above gives me whole link a tag , href.

i rather recommend not using regular expressions getting info html href attribute may located in differently, @ new line, etc. see epic comment on detailed explanation.

jmeter provides 2 test elements can used extract href attribute html page links:

xpath extractor css/jquery extractor

xpath example

add xpath extractor kid of request (just regular look extractor) configure follows: if response not xhtml compliant - check use tidy box reference name - meaningful, i.e. href xpath query - //a/@href you can refer extracted link url ${href} anywhere in current thread group. in case of multiple matches urls can accessed ${href_1} ${href_2} etc.

for more info on xpath extractor see using xpath extractor in jmeter guide

css/jquery example

add css/jquery extractor kid of request configure follows: reference name - variable name, i.e. href css/jquery look - a attribute - href match no: default blank - homecoming first link any number > 0 - homecoming match number 0 - homecoming random link url -1 - homecoming link urls , store them ${href_1} ${href_2} etc.

for css/jquery expressions building info refer jsoup selector syntax guide

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