How To Configure log4j2.xml for HTTP-Appender - http

Question

I need assistance in configuring HTTP-Appender in log4j2.xml. I have made multiple attempt to configure it using both JSONLayout and PatternLayout, neither worked. Here is my code snippet.
<Http name="HTTP_APPENDER" url="http://localhost:8080/test/logRest" method="POST">
<Property name="x-java-runtime" value="$${java:runtime}" />
<PatternLayout pattern="%-5p | %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} | [%t] %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n"/>
</Http>
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#RequestMapping(value = "/logRest", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public void logRest(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response, Model model){
Enumeration<String> y = request.getHeaderNames();
while (y.hasMoreElements()) {
String param = y.nextElement();
String value = request.getHeader(param);
System.out.println(param + "=" + value);
}
System.out.println("====================================");
Enumeration<String> x = request.getParameterNames();
while (x.hasMoreElements()) {
String param = x.nextElement();
String value = request.getParameter(param);
System.out.println(param + "=" + value);
}
}
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I need to get the logged data, but it's not showing in the header,parameter or even the request attributes. I will appreciate any form of assistance to get the logged data sent to the URL endpoint.
Cheers.

Answer 1

See the solution below
/**
* Reads the request body from the request and returns it as a String.
*
* #param request HttpServletRequest that contains the request body
* #return request body as a String or null
*/
private String readRequestBody(HttpServletRequest request) {
try {
// Read from request
StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
BufferedReader reader = request.getReader();
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
buffer.append(line);
}
return buffer.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
//logger.error("Failed to read the request body from the request.");
}
return null;
}