Jmeter SOAP/ XML-RPC request default URL - soap

Question

I am trying to test web service for my project. The Web service accepts a SOAP request and gives appropriate response.
In JMeter I have chosen SOAP/ XML-RPC request. It works completely fine for me and gives me correct response. However, I have more than 100s of web services in my scope of testing and I have to test them in different environments. It is very cumbersome work to change the URL value from the SOAP/ XML-RPC sample to point it to different env. Do we have something like HTTP Request Default for SOAP/XML-RPC requests?
I have also tried a bean shell sampler where I am setting the value of a variable and then retrieve it in the SOAP sampler URL parameter. However it did not work for me. Below is the code.
Bean Shell sampler code:
vars.put("baseURL","http://localhost:9191/ws/soap");
SOAP/ XML-RPS Sampler URL value:
${__BeanShell(vars.get("baseURL"))}
Any suggestions? I read in JMeter docs that this can be done via http sampler, however, I want to avoid using the same if possible.

Answer 1

You should avoid using SOAP/XML-RPC in favor of pure Http Sampler.
Use the "Templates..." (menu) > Building a SOAP Webservice Test Plan:
This way you can use HTTP Request Default if you want.
But note from what you describe, using a CSV Data Set Config would allow you to variabilize the URL.

Answer 2

Use JMeter Properties to set base url like:
in user.properties file (under /bin folder of your JMeter installation) add one line per property:
baseURL=http://localhost:9191/ws/soap
alternatively you can pass the property via -J command line key as:
jmeter -JbaseURL=http://localhost:9191/ws/soap -n -t /path/to/your/testplan.jmx -l /path/to/results.jtl
Refer the defined property in your test plan using __P() function
${__P(baseURL,)}
You can even provide the default value, i.e. if the property is not set via user.properties file or command-line argument - default value will be used:
${__P(baseURL,http://localhost:9191/ws/soap)}
See Apache JMeter Properties Customization Guide for more information on JMeter properties and ways of setting, overriding and using them.