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SoapLoggingExample

by Craig Nicholson

Problem

Sometimes when sending web requests or soap messages you might need to track the requests and responses you are sending. This example demonstrates how to implement a Soap Extension and use log4net to log the request and response streams.

Dependencies

  • log4net
  • System.Web.Services
  • Your own web service (soap) for .net folks this is a .asmx or wcf (.svc)

log4net Setup

  • Add log4net via NuGet
  • Add log4net.config file
  • Add log4net code to AssemblyInfo.cs
// Manually Add of log4net by Craig Nicholson
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "Log4net.config", Watch = true)]

log4net.config

Review the log4net sight for more information on patterns. This config has two appenders. A console appender to write the output to the console and file appender to write the same output to a file.

The log files will be found in your build directory.

..\SoapLoggingExample\SoapLoggingExample\bin\Debug

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<log4net>
  <appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%date{ISO8601} | %M | %message%newline" />
    </layout>
  </appender>
  <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender,log4net">
    <param name="File" value="logs/SoapLoggingExample.log"/>
    <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock,log4net" />
    <appendToFile value="true" />
    <rollingStyle value="Size" />
    <maxSizeRollBackups value="2" />
    <maximumFileSize value="1MB" />
    <staticLogFileName value="true" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout,log4net">
      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%date{ISO8601} | %M | %message%newline"/>
    </layout>
  </appender>
  <root>
    <level value="ALL" />
    <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
    <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
  </root>
</log4net>

App.Config Setup

Add the extension you created to the app config. Below is the example in the application.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" />
  </startup>
  <system.web>
    <webServices>
      <soapExtensionTypes>
        <add type="SoapLoggingExample.Extensions.SoapLoggerExtension, SoapLoggingExample" priority="2" group="Low" />
      </soapExtensionTypes>
    </webServices>
  </system.web>
</configuration>

How this works

log4net output

This is what you would want in your log if you are using an log aggregator like ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK).

2018-01-27 21:22:17,204 | Main | Enter
2018-01-27 21:22:17,247 | Main | CallWebService Starting
2018-01-27 21:22:21,792 | GetInitializer | GetInitializer(Type serviceType)
2018-01-27 21:22:21,836 | Initialize | Initialize
2018-01-27 21:22:21,850 | ChainStream | ChainStream
2018-01-27 21:22:21,866 | ProcessMessage | Stage : BeforeSerialize
2018-01-27 21:22:21,982 | ProcessMessage | Stage : AfterSerialize
2018-01-27 21:22:22,005 | WriteOutput | Request | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><soap:Header><MultiSpeakMsgHeader Version="3.0ac" UserID="User123" Pwd="***********" AppName="TestApp" AppVersion="0" Company="ElectSolve" MessageID="5315821d-35e5-4a73-8529-81068d838709" TimeStamp="2018-01-27T21:22:21.8119783-05:00" xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0" /></soap:Header><soap:Body><GetOutageDurationEvents xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0"><outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID></GetOutageDurationEvents></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>
2018-01-27 21:22:22,028 | CopyStream | CopyStream
2018-01-27 21:22:22,924 | ChainStream | ChainStream
2018-01-27 21:22:22,946 | ProcessMessage | Stage : BeforeDeserialize
2018-01-27 21:22:22,969 | CopyStream | CopyStream
2018-01-27 21:22:22,995 | WriteInput | Response | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><soap:Header><MultiSpeakMsgHeader Version="3.0ac" UserID="User123" Pwd="***********" AppName="TestApp" AppVersion="0" Company="ElectSolve" MessageID="5315821d-35e5-4a73-8529-81068d838709" TimeStamp="2018-01-27T20:22:21.8119783-06:00" xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0" /></soap:Header><soap:Body><GetOutageDurationEventsResponse xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0"><GetOutageDurationEventsResult><outageDurationEvent objectID="{5DC0365A-BB4A-11E7-9667-0050569C0462}" utility="GVEC"><outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID><outageDescription>Transformer T61563680002 Restored</outageDescription><meterNo>99280326</meterNo><servLoc>130371</servLoc><accountNumber>217636001</accountNumber><timeOfInterruption>2017-10-27T14:00:14-05:00</timeOfInterruption><timeRestored>2017-10-27T14:01:02-05:00</timeRestored><interruptionDuration>1</interruptionDuration><customerResponsible>false</customerResponsible></outageDurationEvent><outageDurationEvent objectID="{5DC0365A-BB4A-11E7-9667-0050569C0462}" utility="GVEC"><outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID><outageDescription>Transformer T61563680002 Restored</outageDescription><meterNo>99027630</meterNo><servLoc>130372</servLoc><accountNumber>213291003</accountNumber><timeOfInterruption>2017-10-27T14:00:14-05:00</timeOfInterruption><timeRestored>2017-10-27T14:01:02-05:00</timeRestored><interruptionDuration>1</interruptionDuration><customerResponsible>false</customerResponsible></outageDurationEvent><outageDurationEvent objectID="{5DC0365A-BB4A-11E7-9667-0050569C0462}" utility="GVEC"><outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID><outageDescription>Transformer T61563680002 Restored</outageDescription><meterNo>96474458</meterNo><servLoc>130373</servLoc><accountNumber>215704001</accountNumber><timeOfInterruption>2017-10-27T14:00:14-05:00</timeOfInterruption><timeRestored>2017-10-27T14:01:02-05:00</timeRestored><interruptionDuration>1</interruptionDuration><customerResponsible>false</customerResponsible></outageDurationEvent></GetOutageDurationEventsResult></GetOutageDurationEventsResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>
2018-01-27 21:22:23,113 | ProcessMessage | Stage : AfterDeserialize
2018-01-27 21:22:23,137 | Main | CallWebService Done

If you wish to output a more readable format use PrettyXml.

2018-01-27 21:25:12,160 | Main | Enter
2018-01-27 21:25:12,205 | Main | CallWebService Starting
2018-01-27 21:25:18,845 | GetInitializer | GetInitializer(Type serviceType)
2018-01-27 21:25:18,925 | Initialize | Initialize
2018-01-27 21:25:18,951 | ChainStream | ChainStream
2018-01-27 21:25:18,978 | ProcessMessage | Stage : BeforeSerialize
2018-01-27 21:25:19,141 | ProcessMessage | Stage : AfterSerialize
2018-01-27 21:25:19,209 | WriteOutput | <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Header>
    <MultiSpeakMsgHeader Version="3.0ac" UserID="User123" Pwd="***********" AppName="TestApp" AppVersion="0" Company="ElectSolve" MessageID="cc0afc12-923c-455c-a937-fec00055ef58" TimeStamp="2018-01-27T21:25:18.8814632-05:00" xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0" />
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <GetOutageDurationEvents xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0">
      <outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID>
    </GetOutageDurationEvents>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
2018-01-27 21:25:19,263 | CopyStream | CopyStream
2018-01-27 21:25:20,180 | ChainStream | ChainStream
2018-01-27 21:25:20,229 | ProcessMessage | Stage : BeforeDeserialize
2018-01-27 21:25:20,274 | CopyStream | CopyStream
2018-01-27 21:25:20,317 | WriteInput | <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <soap:Header>
    <MultiSpeakMsgHeader Version="3.0ac" UserID="User123" Pwd="***********" AppName="TestApp" AppVersion="0" Company="ElectSolve" MessageID="cc0afc12-923c-455c-a937-fec00055ef58" TimeStamp="2018-01-27T20:25:18.8814632-06:00" xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0" />
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <GetOutageDurationEventsResponse xmlns="http://www.multispeak.org/Version_3.0">
      <GetOutageDurationEventsResult>
        <outageDurationEvent objectID="{5DC0365A-BB4A-11E7-9667-0050569C0462}" utility="GVEC">
          <outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID>
          <outageDescription>Transformer T61563680002 Restored</outageDescription>
          <meterNo>99280326</meterNo>
          <servLoc>130371</servLoc>
          <accountNumber>217636001</accountNumber>
          <timeOfInterruption>2017-10-27T14:00:14-05:00</timeOfInterruption>
          <timeRestored>2017-10-27T14:01:02-05:00</timeRestored>
          <interruptionDuration>1</interruptionDuration>
          <customerResponsible>false</customerResponsible>
        </outageDurationEvent>
        <outageDurationEvent objectID="{5DC0365A-BB4A-11E7-9667-0050569C0462}" utility="GVEC">
          <outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID>
          <outageDescription>Transformer T61563680002 Restored</outageDescription>
          <meterNo>99027630</meterNo>
          <servLoc>130372</servLoc>
          <accountNumber>213291003</accountNumber>
          <timeOfInterruption>2017-10-27T14:00:14-05:00</timeOfInterruption>
          <timeRestored>2017-10-27T14:01:02-05:00</timeRestored>
          <interruptionDuration>1</interruptionDuration>
          <customerResponsible>false</customerResponsible>
        </outageDurationEvent>
        <outageDurationEvent objectID="{5DC0365A-BB4A-11E7-9667-0050569C0462}" utility="GVEC">
          <outageEventID>2017-10-27-0003</outageEventID>
          <outageDescription>Transformer T61563680002 Restored</outageDescription>
          <meterNo>96474458</meterNo>
          <servLoc>130373</servLoc>
          <accountNumber>215704001</accountNumber>
          <timeOfInterruption>2017-10-27T14:00:14-05:00</timeOfInterruption>
          <timeRestored>2017-10-27T14:01:02-05:00</timeRestored>
          <interruptionDuration>1</interruptionDuration>
          <customerResponsible>false</customerResponsible>
        </outageDurationEvent>
      </GetOutageDurationEventsResult>
    </GetOutageDurationEventsResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
2018-01-27 21:25:20,544 | ProcessMessage | Stage : AfterDeserialize
2018-01-27 21:25:20,568 | Main | CallWebService Done

References

  1. How to: Implement a SOAP Extension
  2. How to: Implement the ChainStream Method to Save References to Stream Objects

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