How to pretty print conn content?

Question

I tried the following

def index(conn, _params) do
    Logger.debug conn
     ......

But I get

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Answer 1

You can indeed use Kernel.inspect/2 to pretty-print the contents of the %Plug.Conn{} using:

def index(conn, _params) do
  :logger.info inspect(conn, pretty: true)
  ....
end

Note that previous answers using Logger should mention that you need to require Logger before you use it, as in:

require Logger

def index(conn, _params) do
  Logger.info inspect(conn, pretty: true)
  ....
end