Logging with Retrofit 2

Question

I'm trying to get the exact JSON that is being sent in the request. Here is my code:

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
client.interceptors().add(new Interceptor(){
   @Override public com.squareup.okhttp.Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
      Request request = chain.request();
      Log.e(String.format("\nrequest:\n%s\nheaders:\n%s",
                          request.body().toString(), request.headers()));
      com.squareup.okhttp.Response response = chain.proceed(request);
      return response;
   }
});
Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
   .baseUrl(API_URL)
   .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
   .client(client).build();

But I only see this in the logs:

request:
com.squareup.okhttp.RequestBody$1@3ff4074d
headers:
Content-Type: application/vnd.ll.event.list+json

How am I supposed to do proper logging, given the removal of setLog() and setLogLevel() which we used to use with Retrofit 1?

Answer 1

I found way for Print Log in Retrofit

OkHttpClient okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
            .addInterceptor(new Interceptor() {
                @Override
                public Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
                    Request request = chain.request();
                    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
                        Log.e(getClass().getName(), request.method() + " " + request.url());
                        Log.e(getClass().getName(), "" + request.header("Cookie"));
                        RequestBody rb = request.body();
                        Buffer buffer = new Buffer();
                        if (rb != null)
                            rb.writeTo(buffer);
                        LogUtils.LOGE(getClass().getName(), "Payload- " + buffer.readUtf8());
                    }
                    return chain.proceed(request);
                }
            })
            .readTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
            .connectTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
            .build();

            iServices = new Retrofit.Builder()
                    .baseUrl("Your Base URL")
                    .client(okHttpClient)
                    .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                    .build()
                    .create(Your Service Interface .class);

Works for me.

Answer 2

If you are using Retrofit2 and okhttp3 then you need to know that Interceptor works by queue. So add loggingInterceptor at the end, after your other Interceptors:

HttpLoggingInterceptor loggingInterceptor = new HttpLoggingInterceptor();
        if (BuildConfig.DEBUG)
            loggingInterceptor.setLevel(HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.HEADERS);

 new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .connectTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .readTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .writeTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .addInterceptor(new CatalogInterceptor(context))//first
                .addInterceptor(new OAuthInterceptor(context))//second
                .authenticator(new BearerTokenAuthenticator(context))
                .addInterceptor(loggingInterceptor)//third, log at the end
                .build();

Answer 3

Most of the answer here covers almost everything except this tool, one of the coolest ways to see the log.

It is Facebook's Stetho. This is the superb tool to monitor/log your app's network traffic on google chrome. You can also find here on Github.

Answer 4

Try this:

Request request = chain.request();
Buffer buffer = new Buffer();
request.body().writeTo(buffer);
String body = buffer.readUtf8();

After this, in the body there is the JSON you are interested in.

Answer 5

Kotlin Code

        val interceptor = HttpLoggingInterceptor()
        interceptor.level = HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY
        val client = OkHttpClient.Builder().addInterceptor(interceptor).build()
        val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(BASE_URL)
                .client(client)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                .build()

        return retrofit.create(PointApi::class.java)

Answer 6

In Retrofit 2 you should use HttpLoggingInterceptor.

Add dependency to build.gradle:

compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.9.1'

Create a Retrofit object like the following:

HttpLoggingInterceptor interceptor = new HttpLoggingInterceptor();
interceptor.setLevel(HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY);
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder().addInterceptor(interceptor).build();

Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
        .baseUrl("https://backend.example.com")
        .client(client)
        .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
        .build();

return retrofit.create(ApiClient.class);

The above solution gives you logcat messages very similar to the old ones set by

setLogLevel(RestAdapter.LogLevel.FULL)

In case of java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:

Older Retrofit version might require an older logging-interceptor version. Take a look at comments sections for details.