How to Log HttpRequest and HttpResponse in a file?

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For logging the request Spring has the AbstractRequestLoggingFilter class (well actually one of the subclasses). This can be used to log the incoming request (before and after processing).

Depending on the configuration this can include the payload, client information and full URL (including erquest parameters). All these three are disabled by default but can be enabled through configuration (see the javadoc for more information).

<filter>
    <filter-name>requestLoggingFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter</filter-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>includeClientInfo</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>includePayload</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>includeQueryString</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>requestLoggingFilter</filter-name>
    <servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>

The filter will now log everything using a Commons Logging logger to a logfile.

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