Create a csv file with transaction information to complete a HAR (Http ARchive) file.

Link to github project create-external-file-for-har

create-external-file-for-har

Console text tool to create transaction info corresponding to a har file.

Create a csv file with transaction information to complete a HAR (Http ARchive) file.

The csv format is : TIME_STAMP ISO GMT;ELEMENT;NAME;TYPE

Timestamp ISO GMT format
ELEMENT values are : TRANSACTION or COMMENT
TYPE for transaction, values are : start or stop
CSV separtor : ";"
Charset : "UTF-8"

E.g :

2024-05-07T07:56:40.513Z;TRANSACTION;authent;start
2024-05-07T07:56:56.261Z;TRANSACTION;authent;stop
2024-05-07T07:57:08.679Z;TRANSACTION;home;start
2024-05-07T07:57:10.123Z;COMMENT;user toto;
2024-05-07T07:57:14.310Z;TRANSACTION;home;stop
2024-05-07T07:57:30.280Z;TRANSACTION;logout;start
2024-05-07T07:58:15.377Z;TRANSACTION;logout;stop

Launch the tool

This tool could be use with script shell Windows or Linux.

C:\mydir>java -jar -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar ../target/create-external-file-for-har-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar

With set file out parameter :

C:\mydir>java -jar -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -jar ../target/create-external-file-for-har-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar c:/temp/demo1.csv

Help

Command help or h display :

Help
Commands : 
sf <file name> : Set the File out name to save information, need to be first command or the file name is set at program start with a launch program parameter
ch <charset> : set the CHarset to write in the file out  (e.g : UTF-8 (Default) or ISO-8859-1 or Cp1252 (windows))
ts <transaction name> : for Transaction Start with transaction name not empty
te [<transaction name>] : for Transaction End if no transaction name then use the last transaction name
de <transaction name> : DElete start and end transaction in csv file or a comment
co <comment> : add a COmment
sh : SHow content file
exit : save file and EXIT
help : this HELP
h : this Help short command

How use this tool while recording a HAR file when navigate to web site

Record a HAR file and create external csv file with create-external-file-to-har tool.

For Chrome Browser (B for Browser) :
B1) Open navigator (Chrome)
B2) Open dev tools with <F12>
B3) Tab "Network"
B4) Record button is ON.
B5) "Preserve log" is checked. (Optional) If needed, delete the exchanges before browsing

Start create-external-file-for-har tool (C for Create external file tool)
C1) Set a file name , command : sf c:/Temp/jpetstore_transaction.csv

C2) Create the first transaction start, command : ts welcome
B6) Navigate to the home url in the Browser
C3) When the page is display, end the first transaction (welcome), command : te

C4) Create a new transaction for future page, command : ts enter store
B7) Click on link or click on button to navigate to store page
C5) When the page is display, end the current transaction (store page), command : te

C4) Create a new transaction for future page, command : ts page3
B8) Click on link or click on button to navigate to the page3
C5) When the page is display, end the current transaction (page3), command : te

C6) Create a new transaction for futur page ou form, command : ts <page name>
B9) Navigate to the page
C7) When the page is display, end the current transaction (page name), command : te

... continue to create a transaction before navigate, navigate to the page, end the transaction ...

Bx) When navigation is finished, Save exchanges in HAR format "Export HAR ..."

Companion tool

The csv file created will be used by this other tool : "har-to-jmeter-convertor" https://github.com/vdaburon/har-to-jmeter-convertor

or this JMeter plugin "har-convertor-jmeter-plugin" https://github.com/vdaburon/har-convertor-jmeter-plugin

JPetstore web application

This example use the JPetstore from Octoperf : https://petstore.octoperf.com/

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

Versions

Version 1.0 date 2024-05-10, First version

vdaburon/create-external-file-for-har