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When request logging is enabled, the Apitally SDK captures details about each request and response handled by your application. To protect sensitive data and reduce noise, the SDK provides mechanisms for masking data and filtering out requests you don’t want to log.

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Default masking and exclusion

The SDK automatically masks common sensitive query parameters, headers, and request/response body fields based on built-in patterns. For example, fields named password, token, secret, or headers like Authorization are masked by default. To reduce noise, the SDK also automatically excludes common static assets and health check endpoints, such as /robots.txt or /healthz. See the data privacy page for complete lists of default masking and exclusion patterns.

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Mask sensitive data

You can extend the default masking rules by providing additional regular expressions via the MaskQueryParams, MaskHeaders, and MaskBodyFields fields. Patterns match anywhere within the name. Use ^ and $ anchors for exact matches, and the (?i) flag for case-insensitive matching. For more control over request and response body masking, you can provide callback functions via the MaskRequestBodyCallback and MaskResponseBodyCallback fields. The functions receive the captured request and response data as arguments (see callback arguments below) and should return the masked body as []byte, or nil to mask the entire body. 
package main

import (
    "regexp"

    apitally "github.com/apitally/apitally-go/chi"
    "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
)

func main() {
    r := chi.NewRouter()

    config := apitally.NewConfig("your-client-id")
    config.Env = "dev"
    config.RequestLogging.Enabled = true
    config.RequestLogging.LogRequestHeaders = true
    config.RequestLogging.LogRequestBody = true
    config.RequestLogging.LogResponseBody = true
    // Mask specific query parameters, headers and body fields
    config.RequestLogging.MaskQueryParams = []*regexp.Regexp{
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^card_number$`),
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^account_id$`),
    }
    config.RequestLogging.MaskHeaders = []*regexp.Regexp{
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^X-Custom-Key$`),
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^X-Internal-`),
    }
    config.RequestLogging.MaskBodyFields = []*regexp.Regexp{
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^credit_card$`),
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)social_security`),
    }
    // Mask request and response body using custom logic (see examples below)
    config.RequestLogging.MaskRequestBodyCallback = maskRequestBody
    config.RequestLogging.MaskResponseBodyCallback = maskResponseBody

    r.Use(apitally.Middleware(r, config))
}
Callback function examples
import (
    "encoding/json"
    "strings"

    apitally "github.com/apitally/apitally-go/chi"
)

func maskRequestBody(request *apitally.Request) []byte {
    // Mask entire request body for admin endpoints
    if strings.HasPrefix(request.Path, "/admin/") {
        return nil
    }
    // Otherwise, return the original request body
    return request.Body
}

func maskResponseBody(request *apitally.Request, response *apitally.Response) []byte {
    // Mask entire response body for admin endpoints
    if strings.HasPrefix(request.Path, "/admin/") {
        return nil
    }
    // Mask specific fields in user profile responses
    if strings.HasPrefix(request.Path, "/users/") && response.Body != nil {
        var data map[string]any
        if err := json.Unmarshal(response.Body, &data); err == nil {
            if _, ok := data["email"]; ok {
                data["email"] = "******"
            }
            if _, ok := data["phone"]; ok {
                data["phone"] = "******"
            }
            if maskedBody, err := json.Marshal(data); err == nil {
                return maskedBody
            }
        }
    }
    // Otherwise, return the original response body
    return response.Body
}
Callbacks are applied before pattern-based field masking. The returned body is still masked using the default and custom MaskBodyFields patterns.

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Exclude requests

You can exclude requests from logging using path patterns (regular expressions) via the ExcludePaths field. Like the masking patterns, these match anywhere within the request path. Use ^ and $ anchors for exact matches, and the (?i) flag for case-insensitive matching. Alternatively, you can provide a callback function with custom exclusion logic via the ExcludeCallback field. The function receives the captured request and response data as arguments (see callback arguments below) and should return true to exclude the request from logging, or false to include it. 
package main

import (
    "regexp"

    apitally "github.com/apitally/apitally-go/chi"
    "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
)

func main() {
    r := chi.NewRouter()

    config := apitally.NewConfig("your-client-id")
    config.Env = "dev"
    config.RequestLogging.Enabled = true
    // Exclude paths matching certain patterns
    config.RequestLogging.ExcludePaths = []*regexp.Regexp{
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)/admin/`),
        regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)/internal/`),
    }
    // Exclude requests using custom logic (see example below)
    config.RequestLogging.ExcludeCallback = excludeRequest

    r.Use(apitally.Middleware(r, config))
}
Callback function example
import apitally "github.com/apitally/apitally-go/chi"

func excludeRequest(request *apitally.Request, response *apitally.Response) bool {
    // Exclude requests from a specific consumer
    if request.Consumer == "internal-service" {
        return true
    }
    // Exclude successful requests (only log failures)
    if response.StatusCode < 400 {
        return true
    }
    return false
}
Excluded requests won’t be logged, but are still counted in metrics. To exclude endpoints from metrics, you can mark them as excluded in the dashboard.

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Callback arguments

The Request struct passed to callback functions has the following fields:
FieldDescriptionType
TimestampUnix timestamp of the request.float64
MethodHTTP method of the request.string
PathPath of the matched endpoint, if applicable.string
URLFull URL of the request.string
HeadersArray of key-value pairs representing the request headers.[][2]string
SizeSize of the request body in bytes.int64
ConsumerIdentifier of the consumer making the request.string
BodyRaw request body.[]byte
The Response struct passed to MaskResponseBodyCallback and ExcludeCallback has the following fields:
FieldDescriptionType
StatusCodeHTTP status code of the response.int
ResponseTimeTime taken to respond to the request in seconds.float64
HeadersArray of key-value pairs representing the response headers.[][2]string
SizeSize of the response body in bytes.int64
BodyRaw response body.[]byte