railsware/http_logger

Net::HTTP logger

Simple gem that logs your HTTP api requests just like database queries

Screenshot

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Installation

gem install http_logger

Usage

require 'http_logger'

HttpLogger.configure do |c|
  # defaults to Rails.logger if Rails is defined
  c.logger = Logger.new(LOGFILE)

  # Default: true
  c.colorize = true

  # Ignore patterns (e.g., URLs to ignore)
  c.ignore = [/newrelic\.com/]

  # Default: false
  c.log_headers = false

  # Default: true
  c.log_request_body = false

  # Default: true
  c.log_response_body = false

  # Desired log level as a symbol. Default: :debug
  c.level = :info

  # Change default truncate limit. Default: 5000
  c.collapse_body_limit = 5000
end

Alternative

Net::HTTP has a builtin logger that can be set via #set_debug_output. This method is only available at the instance level and it is not always accessible if used inside of a library. Also output of builtin debugger is not formed well for API debug purposes.

Integration

If you are using Net::HTTP#request hackers like FakeWeb make sure you require http_logger after all others because http_logger always calls "super", rather than others.