how to log Spring 5 WebClient call

Question

I\'m trying to log a request using Spring 5 WebClient. Do you have any idea how could I achieve that?

(I\'m using Spring 5 and Spring boot 2)

The code looks

Answer 1

You can have netty do logging of the request/responses with by asking it todo wiretaping, if you create your Spring WebClient like this then it enables the wiretap option.

        WebClient webClient = WebClient.builder()
            .clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(
                HttpClient.create().wiretap(true)
            ))
            .build()

and then have your logging setup:

logging.level.reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient: DEBUG

this will log everything for the request/response (including bodies), but the format is not specific to HTTP so not very readable.