📝 Laravel request logger

This package allows sending request and response payload to the external logging system.

Supported out-of-box transports:

• graylog transport for sending request log to Graylog server
• log transport for sending request log to Laravel logging system
• null transport for skip request log in application tests

Installation

Install via composer

composer require xxxcoltxxx/request-logger

Publish the configuration file

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="RequestLogger\RequestLoggerServiceProvider"

Add exception reporting to your app/Exception/Handler.php file

public function report(Exception $exception)
{
    request_logger()->setException($exception);

    // ...
    parent::report($exception);
}

Fill configuration

// Enable request logger for all requests without adds middleware
'all_routes' => true,

// Default transport
'default' => env('REQUEST_LOGGER_TRANSPORT', 'graylog'),

// The class for format log message
'formatter' => RequestLogger\RequestFormatter::class,

/*
 * Allowed transports with its configuration.
 * Drivers: 'graylog', 'log', 'null'
 */
'transports' => [

    // The graylog transport
    'graylog' => [
        // The Short message for graylog
        'short_message' => env('GRAYLOG_SHORT_MESSAGE', 'requests'),

        // Limit content size (in bytes). Set false to disable. Graylog has limitations on input messages
        'content_limit' => env('GRAYLOG_CONTENT_LIMIT', 30000),

        // The IP address of the log server
        'host' => env('GRAYLOG_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),

        // The UDP port of the log server
        'port' => env('GRAYLOG_PORT', '12201'),

        // The driver for send requests log to log server
        'driver' => RequestLogger\Transports\GelfUdpTransport::class,
    ],

    // ...
],

Adding app messages to request log

You can add custom messages to payload with request_logger helper.

request_logger()->addMessage('Full name: John Doe')

Enable logging only for specific routes

Request logger enabled on all routes by default. You can disable all_routes option in the configuration file and use request_logger middleware in routes configuration.

Documentation for registering middleware can be found in Laravel documentation

# config/request_logger.php

return [
    'all_routes' => false,

    // ...
];

# routes/api.php

Route::get('admin/profile', function () {
    //
})->middleware('request_logger');

Custom log format

For custom log format you can use closure in the configuration file:

# config/request_logger.php

return [
    // ...

    'formatter' => function () {
        $provider  = request_logger();
        $exception = $provider->getException();
        $request   = $provider->getRequest();
        $response  = $provider->getResponse();

        return [
            'uri'           => $request->getRequestUri(),
            'has_exception' => ! is_null($exception),
        ];
    }

    // ...

Writing custom drivers

For writing custom driver you must add driver configuration and implement RequestLogger\Transports\RequestLoggerTransport interface:

# .env

REQUEST_LOGGER_TRANSPORT=custom

# config/request_logger.php

return [
    // ...

    'transports' => [
        // ...

        'custom' => [
            'driver' => Namespace\CustomTransport::class,
            'custom_option' => 'value',
        ],
    ],
];

Disable request logger in application tests

Use null driver. You can use REQUEST_LOGGER_TRANSPORT variable in phpunit.xml configuration file.

Testing

composer install
vendor/bin/phpunit tests

Roadmap

1. Unit tests
2. Write Documentation for:
   • Custom log format
   • Writing custom drivers
3. Add log driver
4. Add null driver
5. Add changelog
6. Make video "How it works with graylog"