Logging using log4j in SoapUI

groovy, log4j, logging, soapui

Solution

I think that you're doing the things correctly, note only the follow things:

If you specify directly a value for the param `<param name="File" value="ASSERTION.log"/>` then the log creates the file in `SOAPUI_HOME\bin\`directory. Note that you can declare the full path like: `<param name="File" value="C:/temp/ASSERTION.log"/>`

If you load the logger configuration in `fileLogger` object you can write to your log file using it object like `fileLogger.info("FAULT: Response took:" + responseTime)` not using `log.info`. I said this because in your question you said:

The result is that log.info("ResponseTime is: " + responseTime) get called, but nothing will be logged to any file.

Summarized I think that all your config is correct so I recommend you to simplify your groovy script as follows to make sure that the logs works correctly and it's not another thing who makes log goes wrong:

import org.apache.log4j.Logger 

def fileLogger = Logger.getLogger("ASSERTION.SCRIPT.LOGGER");
fileLogger.info("testing log");

Hope this helps,

Problem

For the last hours I've tried to configure and use a custom logger using log4j in my SoapUI project. Generally my logging works without any problems, but I assume that log4j has some nice features, which would be nice to use. Current approach looks like the following: ``` File file = new File("C:\\Users\\doms\\Desktop\\log.txt") file << ("-------" + "Check httpStatus and ResponseTime" + "-------") file << ("\r\n") //httpStatus httpResponseHeader = messageExchange.responseHeaders httpStatus = httpResponseHeader['#status#'] httpStatusCode = (httpStatus =~ "[1-5]\\d\\d")[0] log.info("httpStatus of Request: " + httpStatusCode) file << ("httpStatus of Request: " + httpStatusCode ) file << ("\r\n") //ResponseTime responseTime = messageExchange.getTimeTaken() log.info("ResponseTime: " + responseTime + "ms.") file << ("ResponseTime: " + responseTime + "ms.") file << ("\r\n") ``` This results in an output of: -------Check httpStatus and ResponseTime------- httpStatus of Request: 200 ResponseTime: 767ms. Assumed the file gets bigger and biger and get thousands lines of text, I want to have an automatic process, where a new file will be created, if the file-size is bigger than 10MB. The new file should called log-1.txt. From my understanding, log4j is the perfect solution for my purpose. I've already searched for some instructions and found this: http://0guzhan.blogspot.de/2011/12/defining-custom-loggers-in-soapui.html So...what I have done: I've edited the `soapui-log4j.xml` and I've added the following lines: ``` <logger name="ASSERTION.SCRIPT.LOGGER"> <level value="INFO"/> <appender-ref ref="ASSERTION"/> </logger> <appender name="ASSERTION" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender"> <errorHandler class="org.apache.log4j.helpers.OnlyOnceErrorHandler"/> <param name="File" value="ASSERTION.log"/> <param name="Threshold" value="INFO"/> <param name="Append" value="false"/> <param name="MaxFileSize" value="10000KB"/> <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="50"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> ``` No I have created a new GroovyScript as a Testcase with the follwoing content: ``` import org.apache.log4j.Logger def groovyUtils = new com.eviware.soapui.support.GroovyUtils(context) // ASSERTION.SCRIPT.LOGGER is defined in soapui-log4j.xml as below def fileLogger = Logger.getLogger("ASSERTION.SCRIPT.LOGGER"); log.info(fileLogger.class.name) responseTime = testRunner.testCase.testSteps["myTestStep"].testRequest.response.timeTaken // > 1 to get sure that I'll get in the if-statement. if (responseTime > 1) { //get sure that script goes into the if-clause by printing a line in SoapUIs's console log.info("ResponseTime is: " + responseTime) fileLogger.info ("FAULT: Response took:" + responseTime) } ``` The result is that `log.info("ResponseTime is: " + responseTime)` get called, but nothing will be logged to any file. Also the file, which I've defined via `<param name="File" value="ASSERTION.log"/>` won't be created (not in SoapUI's bin-directory, not in the project-directory). Do I miss anything? Any tipp is much appreciated!

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