Is it possible to output the json payload to console?

[SimonBalling]

Hi,

I want to output the payload that is sent to GrafanaLoki also to the console. Is this possible?

If I could intercept the message and output it myself

[mishamyte]

Hi @SimonBalling!

Usually you just configure multiple sinks for Serilog (for example Console + Grafana.Loki)

[SimonBalling]

I know. But I want to get the exact same output in both

[mishamyte]

Hmmm, can't tell you the way and have some doubts it's possible.

Previously, some people just bypassed the LokiJsonTextFormatter into the Console sink, but it won't be exactly the same (it will be just the payload formatting).

[MitoG]

In case there is still a need I did it in a rather dirty way by making a custom LokiHttpClient

public class CustomLokiHttpClient : LokiHttpClient
{
    public override Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync(string requestUri, Stream contentStream)
    {
        using (var s = new MemoryStream())
        {
            contentStream.CopyTo(s);
            var bytes = s.ToArray();
            var output = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);            
        }
        
        return base.PostAsync(requestUri, contentStream);
    }
}