Hooking up Request Logging

If you plan on logging every request in your application you can do so by implementing this class in the Application_EndRequest event handler in global.asax.

To also log request durations you can optionally capture the start time in Application_BeginRequest and a Context variable to keep track of this time and pass it as a final parameter to Log() method. A typical implementation that logs with duration looks like this:

protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
	//*** Request Logging
	if (App.Configuration.LogWebRequests)
		Context.Items.Add("WebLog_StartTime",DateTime.Now);
}

protected void Application_EndRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
	// *** Request Logging
	if (App.Configuration.LogWebRequests) 
	{
		try 
		{	
		  Westwind.Tools.WebRequestLog.Log(App.Configuration.ConnectionString,
                                              false,
                                              (DateTime) Context.Items["WebLog_StartTime"]);
		}
		catch {;}
	}
}

In the application the Request Log can be viewed and managed from the Administration Page.