ASP.NET Core WebAPI Payload Logging with Serilog
Problem Statement Imagine debugging a tricky API integration where you’re getting intermittent errors. You suspect the data being sent is the culprit, but you’re flying blind. Wouldn’t it be great if you could see exactly what’s going over the wire?. For some API-based applications, logging the payload for a given transaction is helpful from both audit and monitoring perspectives. While it’s generally not recommended to log the request or response body due to performance/compliance/security considerations, if there is a need for such a requirement and you understand all the risks, then hopefully this guide provides one of the many ways to achieve it. In this article, we will look at how to create JSON structured log events for HTTP API request/response transactions in an ASP.NET Core Web API using the Serilog logger and the HTTP Logging Middleware provided by Microsoft. Goal By the end of this article, you’ll be able to: ...