How to log or print request received with gin?

Question

Example:

func createOrUpdateInfluencer(c *gin.Context) { }

How to print the data in the request received in my function? In my case, I am supposed to receive JSON, how to print it without knowing what it looks like?

Solution

Just read and print the body is ok:

func createOrUpdateInfluencer(c *gin.Context) {
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(c.Request.Body)
    println(string(body))
}

Or if you just want to peek it in middleware, you can put it back after read:

func createOrUpdateInfluencer(c *gin.Context) {
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(c.Request.Body)
    println(string(body))

    c.Request.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
}

Comments

[mkopriva]

godoc.org/github.com/gin-gonic/gin#Context.Request