Loadrunner How to Download PDF File

A pdf file can be downloaded in loadrunner as follows:

• make web_url call requesting pdf
• Set Resource=1 indicating the the downloaded item is a resource
• Use content type/mime type "application/pdf"

The following script illustrates this method as follows:

• Pdf is downloaded
• Downloaded pdf file size is retrieved and checked that it is as expected.
• Pdf file contents is saved to a parameter

Script

Action()

{

long pdfSize=0;

web_reg_save_param("pdfContent", 

"LB=", 

"RB=", 

LAST );

web_url("test pdf download",    

"URL=http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf",

"Resource=1",

"RecContentType=application/pdf",

"Snapshot=t1.inf",

LAST);

    // Save pdf file size

pdfSize = web_get_int_property(HTTP_INFO_DOWNLOAD_SIZE);

// Verify size is as expected (~247808 bytes)

if (pdfSize < 247000) {

//End the transaction

lr_error_message("File download error, expected ~247,800 bytes but got %d", pdfSize);

} else {

lr_output_message("File downloaded size okay, expected ~247,800 bytes and got %d", pdfSize);

}

lr_output_message("pdfContent=%s", lr_eval_string("{pdfContent}"));

return 0;

}

Console Output

Starting action Action.

Action.c(6): Registering web_reg_save_param was successful   [MsgId: MMSG-26390]

Action.c(11): Redirecting "http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf" (redirection depth is 0)   [MsgId: MMSG-26694]

Action.c(11): To location "http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/archive/disk_failures.pdf"   [MsgId: MMSG-26693]

Action.c(11): web_url("test pdf download") was successful, 247808 body bytes, 715 header bytes   [MsgId: MMSG-26386]

Action.c(19): web_get_int_property was successful   [MsgId: MMSG-26392]

Action.c(26): File downloaded size okay, expected ~247,800 bytes and got 248523

Action.c(30): pdfContent=HTTP/1.0 302 Found

Location: http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/archive/disk_failures.pdf

Cache-Control: private

Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8