Moodle - monitor webservice request and log them.

Monitor /webservice/rest/server.php and log in/outgoing. Used for debugging purposes.

Author

• Author: Luuk Verhoeven, MFreak.nl
• Min. required: Moodle 3.9.x
• Supports PHP: 7.2

List of features

• For now, you can only monitor REST webservice calls.
• Write to a logfile in $CFG->tempdir\local_externalmonitor\
• Replay same request with a new Curl request to allow getting the response data for logging.
• Viewing logs /local/externalmonitor/view/logs.php
• Restrict access with capability 'local/externalmonitor:logs'
• Cleans previous logs from previous days automatically.
• Capture SAML2 requests and responses.
• Use https://developer.pingidentity.com/en/tools/saml-decoder.html for decoded SAML2 requests.

Installation

1. Copy this plugin to the local\externalmonitor folder on the server
2. Login as administrator
3. Go to Site Administrator > Notification
4. Install the plugin

Usage

After installation, you can view the webservice in/out traffic on /local/externalmonitor/view/logs.php This will display log entries like below:

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email luuk@MFreak.nl instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. Please see License File for more information.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and will be fully credited. We accept contributions via Pull Requests on Github.