How do I log response in Spring RestTemplate?

Question

I am using RestTemplate to make calls to a web service.

String userId = restTemplate.getForObject(createUserUrl, String.class);

If this fai

Answer 1

You can use spring-rest-template-logger to log RestTemplate HTTP traffic.

Add a dependency to your Maven project:

    org.hobsoft.spring
    spring-rest-template-logger
    2.0.0

Then customize your RestTemplate as follows:

RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder()
    .customizers(new LoggingCustomizer())
    .build()

Ensure that debug logging is enabled in application.properties:

logging.level.org.hobsoft.spring.resttemplatelogger.LoggingCustomizer = DEBUG

Now all RestTemplate HTTP traffic will be logged to org.hobsoft.spring.resttemplatelogger.LoggingCustomizer at debug level.

DISCLAIMER: I wrote this library.