Pingback and Json

Support
1

Hey Patrick,
It looks like the jsonUrls reported through the API are not working - the page renders the same as the userURL html

Also, can the pingback parameter be used to report results to a private showslow instance?

2

Showslow expects the beacons in a different format than the pingbacks. If you run a private WebPagetest instance then you can configure it to send beacons to showslow but the public instance can’t send beacons to private showslow instances.

Can you send a sample result that has JSON urls that aren’t working? The JSON support is spotty so it’s possible it hasn’t been implemented somewhere yet.

3

Hey Patrick, here is an example of the json url I get back
It renders tot eh page results

http://www.webpagetest.org/results.php?test=120717_3H_baec8a94ae80029b733db483e4804d7a&f=json

Also - question on the pingbacks, do they notify the specified ural as the test progresses or upon completion - I seem to be getting multiple notifications

Thx,
morgan

4

I’m wondering where you got the ?f=json URL in the first place. I think runtest.php will return a path for an XML result but I didn’t think it provided a JSON one (mostly because JSON isn’t supported for the test results yet).

5

The pingbacks should only be on completion. I just verified the code and it’s inside the code block that is only run when a test finishes so there shouldn’t be a way for it to be calling multiple times.

6

Hey Pat,

I’m also getting ?f=json URL on my private instance through the API, e.g.:

$ curl "http://localhost/runtest.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&f=json"
{
    "statusCode": 200,
    "statusText": "Ok",
    "data": {
        "testId": "120815_7M_D",
        "ownerKey": "f732751fab15be88f777e6e0715b1ffe7963f723",
        "jsonUrl": "http://localhost/results.php?test=120815_7M_D&f=json",
        "xmlUrl": "http://localhost/xmlResult.php?test=120815_7M_D",
        "userUrl": "http://localhost/results.php?test=120815_7M_D",
        "summaryCSV": "http://localhost/csv.php?test=120815_7M_D",
        "detailCSV": "http://localhost/csv.php?test=120815_7M_D&requests=1"
    }
}

But http://localhost/results.php?test=120815_7M_D&f=json returns the same as http://localhost/results.php?test=120815_7M_D

Thanks,

7

Yeah, that would be a bug where I optimistically expected to implement json support for the results but haven’t gotten around to it yet - sorry. If it would help and XML is too painful I can see about cranking out the JSON support in the next week or so.

8

Hey all - Wondering if full(er) JSON support is still on the horizon or available?

from my quick testing, it looks like f=json works fine for: runtest.php and testStatus.php but not yet for results.php - is that correct or am derping something?

thanks!
-matt

9

Correct. I will probably implement it in 2-3 weeks after I get back from Velocity Europe (yes, parsing XML is a pain, sorry).

10

Hi it would be great, if you can provide sort of rough date for full json support.

Many Thanks,
yallam

11

Patrick - Are you back from Velocity Europe in October 2012 yet? You said that you’d work on the results.php json output in 2-3 weeks 6 months ago.

12

Wow, not exactly the best way to ask for something to be implemented for a free, open-source project.

I was thinking about it again last night and if I get some time I will see if I can do it over the next week but it depends on what other priorities come along.