auditry

A clean, framework-agnostic observability middleware for FastAPI and Quart that provides comprehensive request/response logging, correlation ID tracking, business event extraction, and sensitive data redaction.

Installation

For FastAPI

pip install auditry[fastapi]

For Quart

pip install auditry[quart]

For everything

pip install auditry[all]

Quick Start

FastAPI

from fastapi import FastAPI
from auditry import configure_logging, ObservabilityConfig, get_logger
from auditry.fastapi import create_middleware

# Configure structured logging at startup
configure_logging(level="INFO")

app = FastAPI()

# Add observability middleware (single line!)
app = create_middleware(
    app,
    config=ObservabilityConfig(service_name="my-service")
)

logger = get_logger(__name__)

@app.get("/")
async def root():
    logger.info("Hello World")
    return {"message": "Hello World"}

Quart

from quart import Quart
from auditry import configure_logging, ObservabilityConfig, get_logger
from auditry.quart import create_middleware

# Configure structured logging at startup
configure_logging(level="INFO")

app = Quart(__name__)

# Add observability middleware (single line!)
app = create_middleware(
    app,
    config=ObservabilityConfig(service_name="my-service")
)

logger = get_logger(__name__)

@app.route("/")
async def root():
    logger.info("Hello World")
    return {"message": "Hello World"}

Configuration

Required Configuration

config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="your-service-name",  # REQUIRED
)

Note: The service_name is required and must be provided. This ensures all services have meaningful names in logs rather than generic defaults.

Full Configuration Options

config = ObservabilityConfig(
    # REQUIRED: Service name for log filtering (no default)
    service_name="my-service-name",

    # Request ID header name (default: X-Request-ID)
    # Override if your org uses a different header
    correlation_id_header="X-Request-ID",

    # Maximum request/response body size to log (default: 10KB)
    payload_size_limit=10_240,

    # Additional sensitive field patterns to redact
    additional_redaction_patterns=["internal_id", "employee_ssn"],

    # Whether to log request headers (default: True)
    log_request_headers=True,

    # Whether to log response headers (default: False)
    log_response_headers=False,

    # Whether to log query parameters (default: True)
    log_query_params=True,

    # Whether to log request bodies for all endpoints (default: True)
    # Set to False for applications handling sensitive data
    log_request_body=True,

    # Whether to log response bodies for all endpoints (default: True)
    # Set to False for applications returning sensitive data
    log_response_body=True,
)

# For FastAPI:
from auditry.fastapi import create_middleware
app = create_middleware(app, config)

# For Quart:
from auditry.quart import create_middleware
app = create_middleware(app, config)

Request / Correlation IDs

Request IDs are automatically handled:

• Incoming requests: Extracts from X-Request-ID header (or your custom header)
• Generated if missing: Creates a new UUID if no request ID provided
• Added to response: Returns the request ID in the response header
• Included in logs: Automatically included in all structured logs

Using Correlation IDs in Your Code

from auditry import get_logger, get_correlation_id

logger = get_logger(__name__)

@app.get("/users/{user_id}")
async def get_user(user_id: str):
    # Correlation ID is automatically available
    correlation_id = get_correlation_id()

    # All logs automatically include the correlation ID
    logger.info(f"Fetching user {user_id}")

    return {"user_id": user_id, "correlation_id": correlation_id}

Propagating to Downstream Services

import httpx
from auditry import get_correlation_id

@app.get("/proxy")
async def proxy_request():
    # Get the current correlation ID
    correlation_id = get_correlation_id()

    # Pass it to downstream services
    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        response = await client.get(
            "https://downstream-service.com/api/data",
            headers={"X-Request-ID": correlation_id}  # Use your org's header name
        )

    return response.json()

User Tracking

The middleware automatically extracts user IDs from your authentication system and includes them in logs.

FastAPI User Tracking

from fastapi import Request, Depends

async def get_current_user(request: Request):
    # Your authentication logic here
    user_id = "user-123"

    # Set user_id in request state for auditry to capture
    request.state.user_id = user_id
    # OR if you have a user object:
    # request.state.user = user_object  # Must have .id or .user_id attribute

    return user_id

@app.get("/protected")
async def protected_route(user_id: str = Depends(get_current_user)):
    return {"message": "Protected content"}

Quart User Tracking

from quart import request

@app.before_request
async def authenticate():
    # Your authentication logic here

    # Set user on request for auditry to capture
    request.current_user = AuthenticatedUser(id="user-123")
    # OR use g.user or g.user_id
    # from quart import g
    # g.user_id = "user-123"

The middleware automatically finds the user ID from these locations:

• FastAPI: request.state.user_id or request.state.user.id
• Quart: request.current_user.id, g.user.id, or g.user_id

Business Event Tagging (For Analytics)

Tag specific endpoints as "business events" to make analytics queries easier for your sales/product teams.

Configuration

Tag endpoints in your middleware config - zero code changes needed in your actual endpoints:

from auditry import ObservabilityConfig, BusinessEventConfig

config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="my-service-name",

    # Define which endpoints to tag for analytics
    business_events={
        "POST /workflows": BusinessEventConfig(
            event_type="workflow.created",
            extract_from_request=["file_id"],  # Pull file_id from request body
            extract_from_response=["id"],       # Pull workflow id from response
        ),
        "DELETE /workflows/{workflow_id}": BusinessEventConfig(
            event_type="workflow.deleted",
            extract_from_path=["workflow_id"],    # Pull workflow_id from URL path
        ),
    },
)

# Apply to your framework
from auditry.fastapi import create_middleware  # or auditry.quart
app = create_middleware(app, config)

Log Output with Event Tags

Regular log (no tagging):

{
  "service": "my-service-name",
  "message": "Request completed: POST /workflows - Status: 201",
  "request": {...},
  "response": {...}
}

Tagged business event log:

{
  "service": "my-service-name",
  "message": "Request completed: POST /workflows - Status: 201",
  "event_type": "workflow.created",          // ← Filterable in log platform
  "business_context": {
    "file_id": "file_123",                   // ← From request body
    "id": "workflow_789"                    // ← From response body
  },
  "request": {...},
  "response": {...}
}

Supported Extract Locations

• extract_from_request: Fields from request JSON body
• extract_from_response: Fields from response JSON body
• extract_from_path: Parameters from URL path (e.g., /workflows/{workflow_id})

Log Output

All logs are structured JSON, ready for log aggregators:

{
  "timestamp": "2025-10-28T12:34:56.789012+00:00",
  "level": "INFO",
  "service": "my-service-name",
  "correlation_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "message": "Request completed: POST /workflows - Status: 201 - Duration: 45.23ms",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "path": "/workflows",
    "query_params": {},
    "headers": {"user-agent": "curl/7.64.1", "authorization": "[REDACTED]"},
    "body": {"name": "My Workflow", "password": "[REDACTED]"},
    "user_id": "user_12345"
  },
  "response": {
    "status_code": 201,
    "duration_ms": 45.23,
    "body": {"id": "workflow_789", "name": "My Workflow"}
  }
}

Sensitive Data Handling

Automatic Redaction

Automatically redacts these sensitive field patterns in all logged requests/responses:

• password
• token
• api_key / apikey
• secret
• authorization
• ssn / social_security_number
• credit_card / creditcard
• x-api-key

Add custom patterns via configuration:

config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="my-service-name",
    additional_redaction_patterns=["internal_token", "employee_id"],
)

Disabling Body Logging (Application-Wide)

For applications handling sensitive data, you can disable logging of request and/or response bodies across the entire application:

config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="my-service-name",

    # Disable request body logging for all endpoints
    log_request_body=False,

    # Disable response body logging for all endpoints
    log_response_body=False,
)

When body logging is disabled, logs will show [BODY_LOGGING_DISABLED] instead of the actual content, while still logging metadata like headers, status codes, and timing information.

Excluding Paths

Skip logging for specific endpoints like health checks or streaming:

# Basic exclusion
config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="my-service-name",
    excluded_paths=[
        '/health',           # Exact match
        '/metrics',          # Exact match
        '/stream*',          # Wildcard - matches /stream, /streaming, /stream/events
        '/api/*/internal',   # Wildcard - matches /api/v1/internal, /api/v2/internal
        '/admin/',           # Prefix - matches /admin/* (trailing slash indicates prefix)
    ],
)

# Method-specific
config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="my-service",
    excluded_paths={
        'GET': ['/health'],
        'POST': ['/webhook/*'],
        '*': ['/admin/*']  # all methods
    }
)

Useful for streaming endpoints that don't play nice with middleware:

from quart import Quart, Response, stream_with_context
from auditry import ObservabilityConfig
from auditry.quart import create_middleware

app = Quart(__name__)
config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="stream-svc",
    excluded_paths=['/stream/*']  # skip these
)
app = create_middleware(app, config)

@app.route('/stream/data')
async def stream_data():
    # this won't be logged
    @stream_with_context
    async def generate():
        for i in range(100):
            yield f"data: {i}\n\n"
    return Response(generate(), mimetype='text/event-stream')

Note: Excluded paths still get correlation IDs but no logging.

Best Practices

1. Configure Logging Early

Call configure_logging() at application startup, before any other code:

from auditry import configure_logging

# First thing in your app
configure_logging(level="INFO")

app = FastAPI()
# ... rest of your app

2. Use Structured Logging

Always use get_logger(__name__) instead of standard Python logging:

from auditry import get_logger

logger = get_logger(__name__)

# Good - structured with correlation ID
logger.info("Processing payment", amount=100.50, currency="USD")

# Bad - loses structured data
import logging
logging.info("Processing payment")

3. Propagate Correlation IDs

When calling downstream services, always pass the correlation ID:

from auditry import get_correlation_id

correlation_id = get_correlation_id()
headers = {"X-Request-ID": correlation_id}  # Use your org's header name
response = await client.get(url, headers=headers)

4. Customize for Your Organization

Match your org's conventions:

config = ObservabilityConfig(
    service_name="my-service-name",
    correlation_id_header="X-Trace-ID",  # If your org uses a different header
    additional_redaction_patterns=["ssn", "tax_id"],  # Your sensitive fields
)

Example Output: Success vs Failure

Successful Request

{
  "level": "INFO",
  "service": "my-service-name",
  "correlation_id": "abc-123",
  "message": "Request completed: POST /workflows - Status: 201 - Duration: 45ms",
  "request": {...},
  "response": {...}
}

Failed Request

{
  "level": "ERROR",
  "service": "my-service-name",
  "correlation_id": "abc-123",
  "message": "Request failed: POST /workflows - Error: ValueError: Invalid name",
  "request": {...},
  "exception_type": "ValueError",
  "exception_message": "Invalid name",
  "execution_duration_ms": 12.34
}

Migration Guide: 0.2.x to 0.3.0

Breaking Changes

1. Default header changed from X-Correlation-ID to X-Request-ID

   All services should upgrade to 0.3.0 together so they consistently use X-Request-ID. If you need to do a phased rollout, you can temporarily pin the old header on already-upgraded services:

   config = ObservabilityConfig(
       service_name="my-service",
       correlation_id_header="X-Correlation-ID",  # Temporary: remove once all services are on 0.3.0
   )
   

New Features

• Streaming-friendly middleware — Safer handling of streaming responses so large bodies are not buffered for logging when not appropriate.
• excluded_paths — Skip request/response logging for configured paths (for example health checks or long-lived streams) while still attaching the request ID header.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please submit a Pull Request.

Support

For issues and questions: GitHub Issues