Interceptors That Actually Help: Request Logging and Automatic Bearer-Token Injection
Interceptors That Actually Help: Request Logging and Automatic Bearer-Token Injection Cross-cutting HTTP concerns — logging, authentication headers, request IDs, metrics — should never be hand-edited into every request. JQuickCurl rides on OkHttp's mature interceptor pipeline, and because interceptors are wired into the global configuration , a single registration upgrades every curl command in…
Interceptors That Actually Help: Request Logging and Automatic Bearer-Token Injection
Cross-cutting HTTP concerns such as logging, authentication headers, request IDs, and metrics should never be manually inserted into each request. JQuickCurl leverages OkHttp's mature interceptor pipeline, where interceptors are configured globally, thereby automatically upgrading every curl command in the application.
What an Interceptor Sees and Can Do
An OkHttp Interceptor wraps a call, receiving the outgoing Request, potentially modifying it, invoking chain.proceed(), and then examining the returned Response. Interceptors are registered within the global configuration, enabling both annotation-mode and XML-mode commands to pass through them.
Implementing a Request/Response Logging Interceptor
A simple request/response logging interceptor records the method, URL, status, duration, and a preview of the response body. Be cautious about what information is logged, especially authorization headers.
Auto-Injecting a Bearer Token from a Secret Store
Tokens have expiration dates and are often obtained from secret managers. Instead of hardcoding tokens in @JCurlCommand strings, an interceptor can inject the current token into every outgoing request.
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