HTTP Recorder

The HTTP recorder panel enables you to configure the parameters for the recording of an application.

The HTTP Recorder settings group box allows to set the NeoLoad recorder in proxy mode.

• Port is the listening port used by the recording proxy.
• Capture the browser window even when it is in background (for single window applications) can be selected to have the recorder capture only the HTTP flows going through the browser window used. With this option, it is not necessary to close all the HTTP client applications (web sessions with browsers of other types, Twitter client, and so on) or define exclusion rules to avoid unwanted requests in the recording.
• Certificates used for SSL interception: to capture HTTPS traffic, we implement man-in-the-middle interception. You can either use our self-signed certificate " Embedded NeoLoad Certificate" or browse to your own.

The Tunnel Mode Recorder settings group box enables to configure the parameters to record in tunnel mode.

See Record an HTTP application in tunnel mode.

• Connection contains the network interface available on the machine. Select the one to be used for the recording in tunnel mode between NeoLoad and the application.
• IP accessible from client is the IP used by the tested application to connect to the NeoLoad recorder.
• HTTPS IP range recording is the collection of IPs which can be used when recording a number of SSL-secured domains. By default, they are local IPs.
  • In From, it is necessary to enter the first IP of the collection.
  • In To, the last IP of the collection must be specified.

In Recorder patterns, the regular expression patterns to filter the URLs to be recorded must be entered in the lists:

• Patterns to include: When this list contains an entry, NeoLoad only records the URLs matching at least one regular expression pattern. The Patterns to include list is used only to record requests sent to one or two servers.
• Patterns to exclude: The request is recorded when it does not match any of the regular expression patterns in the list. The Patterns to exclude list is used to avoid recording requests sent to certain listed servers, or requests for JAR or image files for example. URLs authorized by the Patterns to include list must pass through the exclude filter, otherwise they are rejected.

All filters consist in regular expressions. It is necessary to escape special characters such as the period. A filter can be, for example, http://windowsupdate\.microsoft\.com. See Regular expressions.

Regular expressions are applied to the full URL, including URL parameters if any.

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