An error for excel download in Firefox for JMeter script recording

Question

JMeter is being used to record one script. There are two alternatives to downloading data on the website. Excel and CSV are both used in one. The data in CSV format is downloading properly, but when you click the Excel icon to get the data, an error appears as indicated in the image below.

I tried one solution as mentioned on a different forums but it is not working. Added below lines in user.properties file.

httpclient4.retrycount=1
hc.parameters.file=hc.parameters
httpclient4.idletimeout=1

and added the below line in hc. parameters

http.connection.stalecheck$Boolean=true 

It is not working.

Answer 1

You shouldn't just copy and paste configuration changes without thinking about what they mean.

Suggestions:

1. Double-check your HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder and browser configuration, pay special attention to the HTTPS recording and certificates chapter of the HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder documentation, and ensure that JMeter's certificate is imported into the browser, it's not expired, etc.

2. Increase JMeter logging verbosity for the HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder and Apache HttpComponents by adding the next line to log4j2.xml file

   <Logger name="org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.proxy" level="debug" />
   <Logger name="org.apache.http" level="debug" />