Outbound web service logging properties

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These properties allow you to control the behavior of outbound web service request logging.

Property	Description
glide.outbound_http.db.log	By default, log information is written to a log file and to the instance database. Set this property to false to disable database logging.- Type: true \| false Default value: true Location: Add to the System Property [sys_properties] table
glide.outbound_http.text.content_types	A comma-separated list of content types. The body of requests or responses with one of these content types is logged. By default, the content types text/*, application/json, and application/xml are always logged. Use this property to add additional content types.- Type: String Default value: none Location: Add to the System Property [sys_properties] table
glide.outbound_http.content.max_limit	The maximum number of characters logged from a request or response body. The first characters of the body, up to this limit, are logged. This property has a maximum possible value of 1000.- Type: integer Default value: 100 Location: Add to the System Property [sys_properties] table
glide.outbound_http_log.override	When this property is set to true, the property glide.outbound_http_log.override.level determines the log level for all requests and responses. This log level overrides any other log level settings. Only use this property for a limited time when troubleshooting.- Type: true \| false Default value: false Location: Add to the System Property [sys_properties] table
glide.outbound_http_log.override.level	The log level to use for all requests and responses when glide.outbound_http_log.override is true. Valid values are `basic`, `elevated`, and `all`.- Type: String Default value: basic Location: Add to the System Property [sys_properties] table

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title: Outbound web service logging properties
description: These properties allow you to control the behavior of outbound web service request logging.
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# Outbound web service logging properties

These properties allow you to control the behavior of outbound web service request logging.

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Property

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Description

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glide.outbound\_http.db.log

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By default, log information is written to a log file and to the instance database. Set this property to false to disable database logging.-   Type: true \| false
-   Default value: true
-   Location: Add to the System Property \[sys\_properties\] table

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

glide.outbound\_http.text.content\_types

</td><td>

A comma-separated list of content types. The body of requests or responses with one of these content types is logged. By default, the content types text/\*, application/json, and application/xml are always logged. Use this property to add additional content types.-   Type: String
-   Default value: none
-   Location: Add to the System Property \[sys\_properties\] table

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

glide.outbound\_http.content.max\_limit

</td><td>

The maximum number of characters logged from a request or response body. The first characters of the body, up to this limit, are logged. This property has a maximum possible value of 1000.-   Type: integer
-   Default value: 100
-   Location: Add to the System Property \[sys\_properties\] table

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

glide.outbound\_http\_log.override

</td><td>

When this property is set to true, the property **glide.outbound\_http\_log.override.level** determines the log level for all requests and responses. This log level overrides any other log level settings. Only use this property for a limited time when troubleshooting.-   Type: true \| false
-   Default value: false
-   Location: Add to the System Property \[sys\_properties\] table

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

glide.outbound\_http\_log.override.level

</td><td>

The log level to use for all requests and responses when **glide.outbound\_http\_log.override** is true. Valid values are `basic`, `elevated`, and `all`.-   Type: String
-   Default value: basic
-   Location: Add to the System Property \[sys\_properties\] table

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