20.1 Setup logging

To set up logging, see ?vcr_logging use vcr_configure()

vcr::vcr_configure(
  log = TRUE, 
  log_opts = list(file = "vcr.log", log_prefix = "Cassette", date = TRUE)
)

• The log parameter is a boolean to indicate whether vcr should log or not
• The log_opts parameter is a named list with various options:
  • file: the log file path (it does not get put in the cassette directory, but is at whatever this path is)
  • log_prefix: prefix to put in each log entry. the default is Cassette
  • date: whether to include a time stamp in each log entry or not. format is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

20.2 The log file

The following is an example log file:

[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Init. HTTPInteractionList w/ request matchers [method, uri] & 1 interaction(s): { get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1 => ??? [{"AphiaID":297110,"url":"http:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails }
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Initialized with options: {name: foobar, record: once, serialize_with: yaml, persist_with: FileSystem, match_requests_on: c("method", "uri"), update_content_length_header: FALSE, allow_playback_repeats: FALSE, preserve_exact_body_bytes: FALSE}
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Handling request: get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1 (disabled: FALSE)
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Checking if {get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1} matches {get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1} using matchers: [method, uri]
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 -   method matched: current request [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1] vs [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1]
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 -   uri matched: current request [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1] vs [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1]
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Identified request type: (stubbed_by_vcr) for get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Checking if {get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1} matches {get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1} using matchers: [method, uri]
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 -   method matched: current request [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1] vs [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1]
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 -   uri matched: current request [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1] vs [get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1]
[Cassette: 'foobar'] - 2018-04-27 08:36:28 - Found matching interaction for get http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/105706?marine_only=true&offset=1 at index 1: ??? [{"AphiaID":297110,"url":"http:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails

Internally vcr logs certain actions that we think are important steps in the process, including:

• initializing an HTTPInteractionList object that holds HTTP interactions
• initializing a Cassette with whatever options the user passes in
• declaring what request is being handled
• what request is being checked
• whether there is a match found or not
• when an interaction is recorded, or pulled from a stub, etc.

If you turn off the date, you won’t get date entries:

vcr::vcr_configure(
  log = TRUE, 
  log_opts = list(file = "vcr.log", log_prefix = "Cassette", date = FALSE)
)

[Cassette: 'foobar'] - {{message}}

And you can change the prefix from Cassette to something else:

vcr::vcr_configure(
  log = TRUE, 
  log_opts = list(file = "vcr.log", log_prefix = "Unicorn", date = FALSE)
)

[Unicorn: 'foobar'] - {{message}}