Is there a way to test redirects in JMeter

Question

We have changed our web servers. Now, I want to test if the redirects that we've put into are working properly. I've a csv file that lists all these redirects. For example, "url-prev, url-next".

Is there a way I can use JMeter to do this. I'm guessing I can use some assertions to check this.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

--Ishtiaque

Answer 1

To do that you'll use:

• CSV Data Set to load the CSV rows into 2 Variables url-prev,url-next

• HTTP Request to call the URL but NOT follow redirect

• Response Assertion working on Response Header and checking location is ${url-next}

• Response Assertion working on Response Code and checking it is equal to 301, 302