dotnet-monitor/documentation/api/logs-get.md

Logs - Get

Captures log statements that are logged to the ILogger<> infrastructure within a specified process. By default, logs are collected at the levels as specified by the application-defined configuration.

[!IMPORTANT] The LoggingEventSource provider must be enabled in the process in order to capture logs.

HTTP Route

GET /logs?pid={pid}&uid={uid}&name={name}&level={level}&durationSeconds={durationSeconds}&egressProvider={egressProvider}&tags={tags} HTTP/1.1

[!NOTE] Process information (IDs, names, environment, etc) may change between invocations of these APIs. Processes may start or stop between API invocations, causing this information to change.

Host Address

The default host address for these routes is https://localhost:52323. This route is only available on the addresses configured via the --urls command line parameter and the DOTNETMONITOR_URLS environment variable.

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
pid	query	false	int	The ID of the process.
uid	query	false	guid	A value that uniquely identifies a runtime instance within a process.
name	query	false	string	The name of the process.
level	query	false	LogLevel	The name of the log level at which log events are collected. If not specified, logs are collected levels as specified by the application-defined configuration.
durationSeconds	query	false	int	The duration of the log collection operation in seconds. Default is 30. Min is -1 (indefinite duration). Max is 2147483647.
egressProvider	query	false	string	If specified, uses the named egress provider for egressing the collected logs. When not specified, the logs are written to the HTTP response stream. See Egress Providers for more details.
tags	query	false	string	(7.1+) A comma-separated list of user-readable identifiers for the operation.

See ProcessIdentifier for more details about the pid, uid, and name parameters.

If none of pid, uid, or name are specified, logs for the default process will be captured. Attempting to capture logs of the default process when the default process cannot be resolved will fail.

Authentication

Authentication is enforced for this route. See Authentication for further information.

Allowed schemes:

• Bearer
• Negotiate (Windows only, running as unelevated)

Responses

Name	Type	Description	Content Type
200 OK		The logs from the process formatted as newline delimited JSON. Each JSON object is a LogEntry	application/x-ndjson
200 OK		The logs from the process formatted as plain text, similar to the output of the JSON console formatter.	text/plain
202 Accepted		When an egress provider is specified,.
400 Bad Request	ValidationProblemDetails	An error occurred due to invalid input. The response body describes the specific problem(s).	application/problem+json
401 Unauthorized		Authentication is required to complete the request. See Authentication for further information.
429 Too Many Requests		There are too many logs requests at this time. Try to request logs at a later time.	application/problem+json

[!NOTE] (7.1+) Regardless if an egress provider is specified if the request was successful (response codes 200 or 202), the Location header contains the URI of the operation. This can be used to query the status of the operation or change its state.

Examples

Sample Request

GET /logs?pid=21632&level=Information&durationSeconds=60 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:52323
Authorization: Bearer fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff=

or

GET /logs?uid=cd4da319-fa9e-4987-ac4e-e57b2aac248b&level=Information&durationSeconds=60 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:52323
Authorization: Bearer fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff=

Sample Response

The log statements logged at the Information level or higher for 1 minute is returned as the response body.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/plain
Location: localhost:52323/operations/67f07e40-5cca-4709-9062-26302c484f18

info: Agent.RequestProcessor[3][ProcessRequest]
      Processing request 353f398a-dc74-4adc-b107-ec35edd09968.

info: Agent.RequestProcessor[3][ProcessRequest]
      Processing request eeb18b82-5dfd-49e7-88a3-d0b7cbf2f4bc.

info: Agent.RequestProcessor[3][ProcessRequest]
      Processing request 0b7ba879-fa80-4eb8-a87d-408f539952ca.

Supported Runtimes

Operating System	Runtime Version
Windows	.NET Core 3.1, .NET 5+
Linux	.NET Core 3.1, .NET 5+
MacOS	.NET Core 3.1, .NET 5+

Additional Notes

When to use pid vs uid

See Process ID pid vs Unique ID uid for clarification on when it is best to use either parameter.