CallId

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Last modified: 09 September 2021

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The CallId plugin (previously known as feature) allows to identify a request/call and can work along the CallLogging plugin.

Generating Call IDs

install(CallId) {
    // Tries to retrieve a callId from an ApplicationCall. You can add several retrievers and all will be executed coalescing until one of them is not null.
    retrieve { // call: ApplicationCall ->
        call.request.header(HttpHeaders.XRequestId)
    }

    // If can't retrieve a callId from the ApplicationCall, it will try the generate blocks coalescing until one of them is not null.
    val counter = atomic(0)
    generate { "generated-call-id-${counter.getAndIncrement()}" }

    // Once a callId is generated, this optional function is called to verify if the retrieved or generated callId String is valid.
    verify { callId: String ->
        callId.isNotEmpty()
    }

    // Allows to process the call to modify headers or generate a request from the callId
    reply { call: ApplicationCall, callId: String ->

    }

    // Retrieve the callId from a headerName
    retrieveFromHeader(headerName: String)

    // Automatically updates the response with the callId in the specified headerName
    replyToHeader(headerName: String)

    // Combines both: retrieveFromHeader and replyToHeader in one single call
    header(headerName: String)
}

Extending CallLogging

The CallId plugin includes a callIdMdc extension method to be used when configuring the CallLogging. It allows to associate the callId to the specified key to be put in the MDC context.

install(CallLogging) {
    callIdMdc("mdc-call-id")
}