Load and Performance testing of AJAX pages

[Tech Support]

Problem: We have numerous AJAX-heavy pages on our site. We'd like to have imacros record the load times of these pages (including the AJAX). It appears that imacros only records the load times of the main site (JSPs), and not the AJAX which begins once the page load is complete.

AJAX events can not be detected by the standard browser "Document Complete" signal.

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Solution:
Use the IMAGESEARCH command to wait for the AJAX function to show the result;

AJAX function is complete

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A small part of the image is sufficient as input (the smaller the input, the faster the image search).

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So a simple AJAX performance test macro will look like this:
'Start reponse time measurement
'Measure total macro runtime
STOPWATCH ID=Total
'Measure load time for page
STOPWATCH ID=PageWithAJAX
STOPWATCH ID=PageHTMLonly
URL GOTO=http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/view.sfly?fid=5f2cd61b5ac6aaac0031ecd658bfd733
STOPWATCH ID=PageHTMLonly
IMAGESEARCH IMAGE=square.bmp CONFIDENCE=100
STOPWATCH ID=PageWithAJAX
STOPWATCH ID=Total


Related forum posts: How to handle AJAX

[Tech Support]

Please also see the Wiki FAQ: Testing AJAX websites

[kaylag]

I am using a website that has AJAX and i cannot use the Imagesearch as i am looking to double click to make the function work...

How would i go about double click on an AJAX page?

Thanks