{"id":96,"date":"2016-05-14T13:49:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T13:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/tech\/?p=96"},"modified":"2024-04-25T20:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:53:35","slug":"how-to-use-user-defined-variables-in-apache-jmeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/tech\/2016\/05\/how-to-use-user-defined-variables-in-apache-jmeter","title":{"rendered":"How to use User Defined Variables in Apache JMeter"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span> 3<\/span> minutes read<\/span><\/span>

In order to define your own variables and reuse them in your tests, it’s easier to use the User Defined Variables from JMeter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here is how to create a variable and use it in an HTTP Request<\/em> from your JMeter Test Plan<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Steps<\/h3>\n

1. Open JMeter (here is a more detailed post on how to install JMeter<\/a>) and Add a Thread Group to your Test Plan<\/p>\n

2. Add a HTTP Request Sampler to your Thread Group<\/p>\n

3. Right-Click the Thread Group and add User Defined Variables Config Element in your JMeter test
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4. Create a new variable:\u00a0var1\u00a0<\/em>with value www.example.com<\/em>
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5. Go to the HTTP Request and add the variable name where you want to be replaced with its value, use ${var1}<\/em>
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6. Add a View Results Tree Listener in order to easily see the results of your request.
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7. Make the request and you can see that the ${var1}<\/em> was replaced with www.example.com\u00a0<\/em>in the HTTP Request
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8. Add the ${var1} also in the name of the HTTP Request sampler and you can see the request has the value of the user defined variable var1<\/em>
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Notes:<\/h3>\n