Add custom format support to HttpLogging middleware

[Martinn2]

In production i want to log each http request in the format I select. With HttpLogging I can selected Headers and LoggingFields but I cannot format the result, which looks something like this.

I need to be able create single line logs and reorder logged properties

Describe the solution you'd like

In HttpLoggingOptions I would like to be able to specify string format. It would look something like this:

builder.Services.AddHttpLogging(options =>
{
    options.LogFormat = "Protocol {HttpProtocol} Scheme: {RequestScheme} \n Path: {Path}";
});

Additional context

No response

[Tratcher]

The 1-line format is available with the W3C logger.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/w3c-logger/?view=aspnetcore-7.0
The Hosting logs also provide a 1-line request/response log.

[Martinn2]

W3C format looks good, but it seems it supports only logging to the file. I need to use standard ILogger as HttpLogging does

[adityamandaleeka]

Triage: customizing the HttpLogging this way seems reasonable as something we should consider, but we won't be able to get to this in the near future.

In the meantime, you can achieve what you're looking for by writing your own middleware for this purpose.

[adityamandaleeka]

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