Why isn't the http logging middleware logging form data?

[Varorbc]

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Describe the bug

Why isn't the http logging middleware logging form data

Expected Behavior

logging form data

Steps To Reproduce

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[adityamandaleeka]

@Varorbc you should be able to enable this in your code by setting the MediaTypeOptions which indicates which content types to log. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/http-logging/?view=aspnetcore-7.0#mediatypeoptions

The content type you probably want for your form data is either application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data.

We don't include these by default since they may include sensitive information that you wouldn't want to log (so use this at your own risk).

[adityamandaleeka]

Triage: let's document this in the conceptual doc (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/http-logging/?view=aspnetcore-7.0#mediatypeoptions)

[Varorbc]

For me, I prefer to logging detailed logs and provide a default option that can be used out of the box