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ASP.NET Core 2.2 Web API, Application Insights	amigup

ApplicationInsights.Extension.RequestLogging

Implements to log Request Body in application insights after removing the sensitive information.

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Scenario

You want to log the Request Body in application Insights after removing the sensitive information so that in Appliation Insights the request body payload can be viewed.

Details

This package is built on

• ASP.Net Core 2.2 Web API.
• Microsoft.ApplicationInsights 2.8.1
• Newtonsoft.Json 12.0.1

Setup

1. Add RequestLogActionFilterAttribute filter in the MVC pipeline.

services.AddMvc(options =>
 {
       options.Filters.Add<RequestLogActionFilterAttribute>();
 });

How to use

You can attach PII attribute over Properties, Class and Action method parameters.

Property

If PII attribute is attached over property then in Application Insights request log, the actual value is substituted with PII Data string literal.

    public class User
    {
        [PII]
        public string Id { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        public DateTime AnneviseryDate { get; set; }

        [PII]
        public int LinkId { get; set; }

        public List<Address> Addresses { get; set; }
    }

Class

If PII attribute is attached over class then object is not logged in Application Insights request log.

    [PII]
    public class User
    {
        
    }

Action method parameter

If PII attribute is attached over parameter then object is not logged in Application Insights request log.

        [HttpPost]
        public void Post([FromBody, PII] User user)
        {
        }

Sample Application

The repository contains a sample application to demostrate the usage of ApplicationInsights.Extension.RequestLogging.