Request based logging

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• in response to processing a data request with a computer:
• collecting, by at least a processor, first event log data associated with processing the data request in accordance with a pre-defined event verbosity level;
• collecting, by at least the processor, second data that is request-based event log data associated with processing the request, wherein collecting the second data includes automatically collecting the second data without regard to the pre-defined event verbosity level;
• and
• generating and storing a start message indicator into an event log to designate a beginning of the request-based event log data for the request;
• determining, by at least the processor, if the request produces an error;
• if the request produces an error:
• reformatting and transferring, by at least the processor, the first event log data and the request-based event log data to a storage device;
• if the request did not produce an error:
• discarding, by at least the processor, the request-based event log data, and reformatting and transferring the first event log data to the storage device;
• and
• generating and storing an end message indicator into the event log to designate an end of the request-based event log data for the request.

A computing system, comprising:

• at least one processor for at least processing data requests;
• at least one memory;
• an event logger for collecting event log data associated with processing the data requests, and storing the event log data in the at least one memory;
• where the event logger is controlled to collect the event log data in accordance with a pre-defined verbosity level;
• and
• where the event logger is controlled to collect additional event log data associated with data requests in addition to the pre-defined verbosity level;
• where for a selected data request that is processed, the event logger is configured to:
• reformat the collected event log data and the collected additional event log data into a user-readable format and insert start-end indicators, if the request produced an error;
• and
• delete the additional event log data associated with the request, and reformat the collected event log data into the user-readable format if the request did not produce an error.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• monitoring, using at least a processor, network communications for a request;
• upon detecting the request by at least the processor, initiating
• collection of event log data associated with processing the request and temporarily storing the event log data in a memory, wherein initiating collection of the event log data includes controlling an event logger to collect the event log data in addition to collecting a second set of event data in accordance with a pre-defined logging verbosity level, and wherein the event logger is controlled to collect the event log data automatically without regard to the pre-defined logging verbosity level;
• ceasing, by at least the processor, the collection of the event log data and second set of event data when the processing of the request ends;
• and
• transferring, by at least the processor, the event log data from the memory to a storage device if an error occurred while processing of the request or discarding the event log data from the memory if an error did not occur while processing the request.