springboot2-request-logger - logging using CommonsRequestLoggingFilter

springboot2-request-logger/README.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Handler interceptors have more power to process your requests since they handle
 
 You can check out Spring class `org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter` to see its methods we are able to implement in our handler.
 
-Lets [our handler](/src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogger/handlers/RequestLoggingHandler.java) implement `preHandle` and `postHandle` events:
+Lets [our handler](./src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogger/handlers/RequestLoggingHandler.java) implement `preHandle` and `postHandle` events:
 
 ```java
 @Override
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Lets [our handler](/src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogg
 }
 ```
 
-But the handler will not work until we actually tell Spring to use it. We must build a [configuration](/src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogger/handlers/WebApplicationConfiguration.java) to enable our handler.
+But the handler will not work until we actually tell Spring to use it. We must build a [configuration](./src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogger/handlers/WebApplicationConfiguration.java) to enable our handler.
 
 ```java
 @Configuration
@@ -113,3 +113,38 @@ Lets start our test to check out the result!
 
 ![](./img/2019-09-30_23-25.png)
 
+
+## Spring way to log requests
+
+Spring provides a mechanism to log every request out of the box - `CommonsRequestLoggingFilter` bean.
+
+You can implement an [instance of this class](./src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogger/config/RequestLoggingFilterConfig.java) ...
+
+```java
+@Bean
+public CommonsRequestLoggingFilter logFilter() {
+    CommonsRequestLoggingFilter filter = new CommonsRequestLoggingFilter();
+    filter.setIncludeQueryString(true);
+    filter.setIncludePayload(true);
+    filter.setMaxPayloadLength(10000);
+    filter.setIncludeHeaders(false);
+    filter.setAfterMessagePrefix("REQUEST DATA : ");
+    return filter;
+}
+```
+
+... and then set uo logging level into [`logback-spring.xml`](./src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml) located into `resources` or providing it externally ...
+
+```xml
+<logger name="org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter">
+    <level value="DEBUG" />
+</logger>
+```
+
+... to enable requests logging.
+
+### Result
+
+Starting our test we have the result:
+
+![](./img/2019-09-30_23-40.png)

springboot2-request-logger/src/main/java/com/bvn13/example/springboot/springrequestlogger/config/RequestLoggingFilterConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.bvn13.example.springboot.springrequestlogger.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter;
+
+/**
+ * @author bvn13
+ * @since 30.09.2019
+ */
+@Configuration
+public class RequestLoggingFilterConfig {
+    @Bean
+    public CommonsRequestLoggingFilter logFilter() {
+        CommonsRequestLoggingFilter filter = new CommonsRequestLoggingFilter();
+        filter.setIncludeQueryString(true);
+        filter.setIncludePayload(true);
+        filter.setMaxPayloadLength(10000);
+        filter.setIncludeHeaders(false);
+        filter.setAfterMessagePrefix("REQUEST DATA : ");
+        return filter;
+    }
+}

springboot2-request-logger/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml

@@ -20,4 +20,8 @@
         <appender-ref ref="Console" />
     </logger>
 
+    <logger name="org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter">
+        <level value="DEBUG" />
+    </logger>
+
 </configuration>