I would recommend using a DelegatingHandler
. Then you will not need to worry about any logging code in your controllers.
public class LogRequestAndResponseHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
// log request body
string requestBody = await request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Trace.WriteLine(requestBody);
// let other handlers process the request
var result = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
if (result.Content != null)
{
// once response body is ready, log it
var responseBody = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Trace.WriteLine(responseBody);
}
return result;
}
}
Just replace Trace.WriteLine
with your logging code and register the handler in WebApiConfig
like this:
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new LogRequestAndResponseHandler());