Code from the Mind Candy tech blog post describing JMeter scripting.

Setup

• Make sure you have JMeter installed. This example works with JMeter 2.5.

  brew install jmeter

• Make sure you have pip installed on your platform

  sudo easy_install pip

• Create a virtualenv for Python. Optional, but recommended step. See virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper for info on how to install these tools.

  mkvirtualenv 99bottles --no-site-packages

• Install the dependencies

    cd 99bottles-jmeter
    pip install --requirement=requirements.txt
  

Running the example

• Start the server

  ./server.py

• Open the JMeter Test Plan in JMeter. File -> Open -> Test Plan.jmx

• Start the Test Plan in JMeter. Run -> Start

• You should see the "99 Bottles" song printed out on your console.

    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    9 bottles of mead on the wall. Date=1320485924124 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    8 bottles of cider on the wall. Date=1320485924127 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    7 bottles of wine on the wall. Date=1320485924131 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    6 bottles of beer on the wall. Date=1320485924136 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    5 bottles of cider on the wall. Date=1320485924139 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    4 bottles of mead on the wall. Date=1320485924142 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    3 bottles of beer on the wall. Date=1320485924146 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    2 bottles of wine on the wall. Date=1320485924149 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    1 bottle of wine on the wall. Date=1320485924152 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"
    0 bottles of beer on the wall. Date=1320485924156 Thread=3
    127.0.0.1 - - [05/Nov/2011:09:38:44 +0100] "POST /bottle HTTP/1.1" 200 7 "-" "Java/1.6.0_26"