Node.js + Express - How to log the request body and response body

Question

I have a small api I have built using Node.js and express. I am trying to create a logger and I need log the request body AND response body.

app.use((req, re         


        

Answer 1

For res.body try the following snippet:

const endMiddleware = (req, res, next) => {
  const defaultWrite = res.write;
  const defaultEnd = res.end;
  const chunks = [];

  res.write = (...restArgs) => {
    chunks.push(new Buffer(restArgs[0]));
    defaultWrite.apply(res, restArgs);
  };

  res.end = (...restArgs) => {
    if (restArgs[0]) {
      chunks.push(new Buffer(restArgs[0]));
    }
    const body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8');

    console.log(body);

    defaultEnd.apply(res, restArgs);
  };

  next();
};

app.use(endMiddleware)

// test
// HTTP GET /
res.status(200).send({ isAlive: true });