logger

The logger plugin writes request and response activity to the process log (console).

Overview

• Phase: Access, Log
• Purpose: Log request/response information to console
• Behavior: Outputs structured or text logs

Configuration

{
  "pluginName": "logger",
  "config": {
    "level": "info",
    "format": "json"
  }
}

Option	Type	Default	Description
level	string	info	Log level: debug, info, warn, error
format	string	json	Output format: json, text

Log Levels

Output Formats

Usage Example

Log Fields

Request Phase (debug level)

Field	Description
type	”request”
request_id	Unique request ID
method	HTTP method
url	Request URL
headers	All request headers
route_id	Matched route ID
service_id	Matched service ID
target	Selected backend target
timestamp	Log timestamp

Response Phase

Field	Description
type	”response”
request_id	Unique request ID
method	HTTP method
url	Request URL
upstream_url	Backend URL
status	Response status code
duration_ms	Request duration (ms)
timestamp	Log timestamp

Integrating with Log Systems

JSON format integrates well with:

• Log aggregators (ELK, Loki)
• Cloud logging services
• Monitoring dashboards

See Also

• file-log - Persistent file-based logging
• rate-limit - Rate limiting logs