accessing file from jmeter beanshell sample using filepath

Question

I'm trying to access one file from beanshell sampler. However it shows me error as below :

Encounter "(C:"at line 9, column 2)

file path name is C:/Test/test.txt. It seems i can't use C:/ drive in beanshell sampler? please let me know how can I resolve this

Answer 1

Most likely you have a syntax error in your Beanshell script, try using the below reference code which is reading the file and prints its contents into jmeter.log

String test = org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.readFileToString(new File("C:/Test/test.txt"));
log.info("test.txt file content is: " + test);

Demo:

See How to Use BeanShell: JMeter's Favorite Built-in Component article to learn more about Beanshell scripting in JMeter.

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NB: it may be faster and easier to use __FileToString function like:

${__FileToString(c:\test\test.txt,,)}