Is this possible?

[1xcalibur1]

Hey,

I have an Ajax webpage that I'd like to measure it's loading time.

The thing is, if the webpage's title remains the same the entire process, how do I know when to stop the timer? I.E right now this page's title is "Posting New Topic - AutoIt Forums" and suppose I click on a link here that will use the same title.

To put it in other words, how can I tell the webpage has indeed changed?

Thanks!

Edited June 28, 2012 by 1xcalibur1

[JohnOne]

There are probably a number of ways.

Thing is, it will be quite difficult for anyone to suggest them

without some further details, not least of which might be

In what browser? amongst others.

[1xcalibur1]

There are probably a number of ways.

Thing is, it will be quite difficult for anyone to suggest them

without some further details, not least of which might be

In what browser? amongst others.

Please, whatever's needed let me know as I must get this right!

I have all browsers but I'm using FireFox for this test.

What else?

[JohnOne]

Well Internet Explorer is pretty much covered by Dale's IE UDF which has

a whole array of functions.

For Example, if you start a timer and then use _IENavigate("URL"), and print the timer difference

you have the time that url took to load,

_IECreate()

_IEAttach()

_IENavigate()

TimerInit()

TimerDiff()

are the functions you want to be looking at in the help file.

[1xcalibur1]

Well Internet Explorer is pretty much covered by Dale's IE UDF which has

a whole array of functions.

For Example, if you start a timer and then use _IENavigate("URL"), and print the timer difference

you have the time that url took to load,

_IECreate()

_IEAttach()

_IENavigate()

TimerInit()

TimerDiff()

are the functions you want to be looking at in the help file.

OK.

But what if I dont have a URL? This is AJAX afterall...

Is it possible to measure loading times between mouse clicks?

[JohnOne]

I don't know sorry, I thought ajax was a bleach like cleaning powder used in the kitchen.

I only thought you were using a webpage which normally exist at some sort of url.

[1xcalibur1]

AJAX - an acronym for Asynchronous Javascript and XML

Anyway,

suppose I find the proper URL.

Would starting the timer before the NAVIGATE command and stopping it right after do the trick for me?

Thanks again!

[JohnOne]

Yes, _IENavigate() has a _LoadWait() function in it, so the page is loaded before the function returns.

[John]

Offhand it appears to me what you are wanting for ajax is the time between onreadystatechange, after readyState =="complete", and when when readyState =="complete". In AutoIt you can do this using an IE com object, but more generally you need a browser plugin, or userjs. A much better option than AutoIt in this particular case. Even using AutoIt outside of IE some js is likely needed to expose the information you need. Much more work than I want to embark on to answer a forum question.

Your best option for Firefox is to try out the Firebug extension, which is well suited for debugging all sorts of ajax and other webpage related issues. If Firebug doesn't fit your needs and you are intent on using AutoIt you can download ngrep, which has a lot of GNU grep's common features built in, from sourceforge and redirect its output to your script. This will work regardless of which browser and/or application is connected to your website. If ngrep > AutoIt doesn't fit the bill nothing will.