Can I have a custom Setup method in gatling

Question

I want to have a custom setup method like for a test where i talk to a webservice and get initial values. Can i do this in gatling?I only want to run this once per simulation.

Answer 1

You can use the before hook to perform any custom code before running the simulation. Note that you can't use Gatling's DSL in there. But you can use whatever Java HTTP client you want, from java.net.UrlConnection to AsyncHttpClient that Gatling ships.