🧾 http_logger_plus #

A developer-friendly HTTP logger for Dart that wraps http.Client and logs all requests and responses with formatting, cURL command generation, color-coded CLI output, and more.

🔍 Perfect for debugging APIs, inspecting outgoing requests, and logging backend interactions in both CLI tools and Flutter apps.

✨ Features #

• ✅ Drop-in replacement for http.Client
• 🧾 Pretty-printed request & response logs
• 🎨 Color-coded terminal output
• 🌀 cURL command generation for any request
• 🧼 Truncated body logging for large payloads
• 🔐 Easy to extend with custom filters (coming soon)

🚀 Getting started #

Add the dependency to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  http_logger_plus: ^0.0.1

📦 Usage #

void main() async {
  final client = HttpLoggerClient(http.Client());

  final response = await client.post(
    Uri.parse("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"),
    headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"},
    body: '{"title": "test", "body": "content", "userId": 1}',
  );

  print("Actual response: ${response.body}");
}

🧪 Example Log Output #

🟦 [POST] https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
Headers:
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

💡 curl -X POST "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts" -H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" -d '{"title": "test", "body": "content", "userId": 1}'

📤 Request Body:
{
  "title": "test",
  "body": "content",
  "userId": 1
}

⬇️ Response [201 Created] (407ms)
Response Body:
{
  "title": "test",
  "body": "content",
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 101
}

📂 Example #

You can find a complete example in the example/ directory.

📜 License #

MIT License © 2025 Ayushman Pal