Retrieving full request string using Ruby curl

Question

I intend to send a request like the following:

c = Curl::Easy.http_post("https://example.com", json_string   
    ) do |curl|
      curl.headers['Accept'] = 'application/json'
      curl.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
      curl.headers['Api-Version'] = '2.2'
    end

I want to log the exact http request that is being made. Is there a way to get the actual request that was made (base path, query parameters, headers and body)?

Have you tried setting `curl.verbose = true` within your block? — onions, Feb 03 '13 at 09:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '13 at 19:19

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The on_debug handler has helped me before. In your example you could try:

curl.on_debug do |type, data|
  puts type, data
end

answered Feb 03 '13 at 19:19

Colin Curtin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 09:28

You can reach the solution in differents manner:

Inside your block you can put:

curl.verbose = true   # that prints a detailed output of the connection

Or outside the block:

c.url  # return the url with queries
c.total_time # retrieve the total time for the prev transfer (name resolving, TCP,...)
c.header_str # return the response header
c.headers # return your call header
c.body_str # return the body of the response

Remember to call c.perform (if not yet performed) before call these methods.

Many more option can be found here: http://curb.rubyforge.org/classes/Curl/Easy.html#M000001

Retrieving full request string using Ruby curl

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