How to correlate the session ID in the recorded script

  1. Add scripts in the CreateSession for capturing the session ID and assign it to a parameter.

    A CreateSession request looks like the following:

    web_custom_request("CreateSession", 
          "URL=http://192.168.178.125:5001/api/ServerApi/CreateSession",
          "Method=POST",
          "Resource=0",
          "RecContentType=application/json",
          "Referer=",
          "Snapshot=t60.inf",
          "Mode=HTTP",
          "EncType=application/json;charset=UTF-8",
          "Body={\"version\":\"1.0\",\"requestid\":\"52C33A54-6687-40ef-ACA8-4FC34B8066CE\",\"appname\":
                \"psapi4loadrunner\",\"namespace\":\"Psapi4loadrunner\",\"session\":null,\"type\":31,\
                "transaction\":null,\"content\":{\"createsession\":{\"securestring\":\""
                "eyJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MjQyNjk4MjYsInBheWxvYWQiOiJuQStOK1ZKb1pqRkxFRzBsT0QzMnAzZmtsVlc2Qk
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                UmdBVW9JcHdoTzNTY2krbnltV2NTZ2lidzUyZHhsYjluQlpjQXgyUmd4S2c9PSJ9\"}}}",
          LAST);

    You need to add the following code above the CreateSession request:

    • Add a web_set_max_html_param_len function to be the first line in the script file. It would set the maximum length of the HTML string which LoadRunner can retrieve:

      web_set_max_html_param_len("262144");
    • Add a web_reg_save_param function above CreateRequest to capture the session ID and assign it to the parameter “gs_SessionID”.

      web_reg_save_param("gs_SessionID","LB=\"sessionid\":\"","RB=\"},\"graceperiod","Search=Body",LAST);
  2. Replace the session ID with the parameter every time it occurs.

    • Identify the session ID that needs to be correlated. You may do a global search in the script for “session” which is followed by the session ID.

    • Replace every occurrence of the session ID with the parameter <gs_SessionID>.

    Taking the ConnectAndCreateTransaction request as an example. The following is the original request. You see the session ID is the string following the “session”.

    web_custom_request("ConnectAndCreateTransaction",
          "URL=http://192.168.178.125:5001/api/ServerApi/ConnectAndCreateTransaction",
          "Method=POST",
          "Resource=0",
          "RecContentType=application/json",
          "Referer=",
          "Snapshot=t65.inf",
          "Mode=HTTP",
          "EncType=application/json;charset=UTF-8",
          "Body={\"version\":\"1.0\",\"requestid\":\"D024C3D8-FE54-490e-BAB6-23F8CAB3D8F3\",\"appname\":\"psapi4loadrunner\",
                \"namespace\":\"Psapi4loadrunner\",\"session\":\"""eyJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MjQyNjk4MjgsInBheWxvYWQiOiJ3bmFMV0FuZ2
                14S2RnQlhqbFVqQlRNNmswRVUxN2gwaFhpb3pEbm9SakkyOUtkYk9kWlMwWGgxeWtPdTlYRFI5QTFITXZKTVcvRW9IbEppQjY4MVhBQXhHU3U
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                WRuUW52QVh5VlgvUUpDTlZFZUVFR0twcGtIOUs0c3FQTDB3SVZqQT09In0=\",\"type\":7,\"transaction\":null,\"content\":
                {\"connect""\":{\"cachegroup\":\"\",\"cachename\":\"\",\"transactionname\":\"sqlca\",\"params\":\"""eyJ0aW1lc
                3RhbXAiOjE2MjQyNjk4MjgsInBheWxvYWQiOiJQK1kvMk5yWmVTUWY0dElIempGMy9vdlk0VFhWY0NWNlFrd2UxVGJkSENHTFNnc2R0allOZU
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          LAST);

    After replacing the occurrence of the session ID with the parameter <gs_SessionID>, the script will look like the following:

    web_custom_request("ConnectAndCreateTransaction", 
          "URL=http://192.168.178.125:5001/api/ServerApi/ConnectAndCreateTransaction", 
          "Method=POST",
          "Resource=0",
          "RecContentType=application/json",
          "Referer=",
          "Snapshot=t65.inf",
          "Mode=HTTP",
          "EncType=application/json;charset=UTF-8",
          "Body={\"version\":\"1.0\",\"requestid\":\"D024C3D8-FE54-490e-BAB6-23F8CAB3D8F3\",
                \"appname\":\"psapi4loadrunner\",\"namespace\":\"Psapi4loadrunner\",
                \"session\":\"""<gs_SessionID>\",\"type\":7,\"transaction\":null,\"content\"
                :{\"connect""\":{\"cachegroup\":\"\",\"cachename\":\"\",\"transactionname\":\"sqlca\",\"params\":\
                """eyJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MjQyNjk4MjgsInBheWxvYWQiOiJQK1kvMk5yWmVTUWY0dElIempGMy9vdlk0VFhWY0NWNlFrd2U
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                zeDJiS1lncjd0MmFXcmxaUkp0TTh6dEZpVUc4R1Y3VTgrdk""xZL2pQK29lZGxTdW0yWWc9PSJ9\"}}}",
          LAST);