How to log every http.request made in Node

Question

I want log every http request being made by a particular node app, and all of its modules. Wrapping requests in a function could work for all non-module code, the disadvantage would obviously be it doesn't include module code, and be cumbersome to do.

This is for apps already in production, only other option I thought of was tcpdump.

Answer 1

Setting NODE_DEBUG=http will make node log out detailed HTTP request information to the console.

Examples:

NODE_DEBUG=http node index.js

NODE_DEBUG=http npm start

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For more information see:

• NODE_DEBUG documentation

• This blog post: Debugging tools and practices in node.js.
  It includes:

List of the default available NODE_DEBUG attributes:

• timer
• http
• net
• fs
• cluster
• tls
• stream
• child_process
• module