Express middleware to log request / response headers
Express Middleware⌗
Logging request and response headers for tracing purpose
app.use((req, res, nxt) => {
const requestHeaders = req.headers
console.log('Request Headers:', requestHeaders)
// Request Headers: {
// 'user-agent': 'PostmanRuntime/7.24.1',
// accept: '*/*',
// 'cache-control': 'no-cache',
// 'postman-token': '74416f71-0d09-453f-b714-3737dfd9f6b4',
// host: 'localhost:3000',
// 'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate, br',
// connection: 'keep-alive'
// }
res.on('finish', () => {
const responseHeaders = res.getHeaders()
console.log('Response Headers:', responseHeaders)
// Response Headers: [Object: null prototype] {
// 'x-powered-by': 'Express',
// 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
// 'content-length': '12',
// etag: 'W/"c-Lve95gjOVATpfV8EL5X4nxwjKHE"'
// }
})
nxt()
})
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