WatchDog is a Realtime Message, Event, HTTP (Request & Response) and Exception logger and viewer for ASP.Net Core Web Apps and APIs. It allows developers log and view messages, events, http requests made to their web application and also exception caught during runtime in their web applications, all in Realtime. It leverages SignalR for real-time monitoring and LiteDb a Serverless MongoDB-like database with no configuration with the option of using your external databases.
$ dotnet add package WatchDog.NET
WatchDog is a Realtime HTTP (Request & Response) and Exception logger and viewer for ASP.Net Core Web Apps and APIs. It allows developers log and view http requests made to their web application and also exception caught during runtime in their web applications in Realtime.
It leverages on LiteDb a Serverless MongoDB-like database with no configuration and SignalR for real-time monitoring.

Install via .NET CLI
dotnet add package WatchDog.NET --version 1.0.2
Install via Package Manager
Install-Package WatchDog.NET --version 1.0.2
To enable WatchDog to listen for requests, use the WatchDog middleware provided by WatchDog.
Add WatchDog Namespace in Startup.cs
using WatchDog;
Startup.cs under ConfigureService()services.AddWatchDogServices();
OptionalThis clears the logs after a specific duration.
services.AddWatchDogServices(opt =>
{
opt.IsAutoClear = true;
});NOTE When
IsAutoClear = trueDefault Schedule Time is set to Weekly, override the settings like below:
services.AddWatchDogServices(opt =>
{
opt.IsAutoClear = true;
opt.ClearTimeSchedule = WatchDogAutoClearScheduleEnum.Monthly;
});Startup.cs under Configure()
NOTE Add Authentication option like below:
Important
This authentication information (Username and Password) will be used to access the log viewer.
app.UseWatchDog(opt =>
{
opt.WatchPageUsername = "admin";
opt.WatchPagePassword = "Qwerty@123";
});
OptionalList of routes, paths or specific strings to be ignored should be a comma separated string like below.
app.UseWatchDog(opt =>
{
opt.WatchPageUsername = "admin";
opt.WatchPagePassword = "Qwerty@123";
opt.Blacklist = "Test/testPost, weatherforecast";
});OptionalThis is used to log in-app exceptions that occur during a particular HTTP request.

NOTE Add Exception Logger before the main WatchDog Middleware
app.UseWatchDogExceptionLogger();
app.UseWatchDog(opt =>
{
opt.WatchPageUsername = "admin";
opt.WatchPagePassword = "Qwerty@123";
opt.Blacklist = "Test/testPost, weatherforecast";
});Start your server and head to /watchdog to view the logs.
Example: https://myserver.com/watchdog or https://localhost:[your port]/watchdog
Still confused? Check out the implementation in the WatchDogCompleteTestAPI folder
Feel like something is missing? Fork the repo and send a PR.
Encountered a bug? Fork the repo and send a PR.
Alternatively, open an issue and we'll get to it as soon as we can.