---
title: Configure outbound logging
description: You can configure outbound request logging to log basic, elevated, or all HTTP request and response information for specific domains.Certain elements are logged based on the configured log level.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Configure outbound logging

You can configure outbound request logging to log basic, elevated, or all HTTP request and response information for specific domains.

To configure the log level for a REST method or SOAP message function, navigate to the record you want to configure and click the **Set log level** related link, then select a log level for the current record.

To modify the log level for multiple outbound requests, navigate to **System Web Services** > **HTTP Log Levels** and change the log levels using the list. All outbound requests that have been configured with a specific log level are listed.

You can override the log level for all outbound requests using the properties **glide.outbound\_http\_log.override** and **glide.outbound\_http\_log.override.level**. Use these properties only for a limited time when troubleshooting.

You can set the log level in a script using the setLogLevel\(\) function from the SOAPMessageV2 and RESTMessageV2 APIs. For more information about using these APIs, refer to the API documentation.

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## Outbound request log levels

Certain elements are logged based on the configured log level.

### Logged elements

The following elements from the request and response are logged depending on the configured log level.

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Field

</th><th>

Basic

</th><th>

Elevated

</th><th>

All

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Sequence

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

HTTP Method

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Protocol

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Scheme

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Hostname

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Path

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

HTTP response status

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Request length

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Response length

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Total call time

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

System ID

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Source table

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Source record ID**Note:** You must have read access for records in the specified **Source table** to view this field.

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Scope

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Session

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Transaction

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

User

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

MID server

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Request headers

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Request query

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Response headers

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

x

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Request body

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

x

</td></tr><tr><td>

Response body

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

 

</td><td>

x

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>