External HTTP requests

Flare can collect information about the external HTTP requests that are being made from your application. This includes:

• The request method
• The request URL
• The request body size
• The request headers
• The response status code
• The response body size
• The response headers

This functionality is enabled by default, but you can disable it by ignoring the ExternalHttp collect in config.php:

use Spatie\FlareClient\Enums\CollectType;

'collects' => FlareConfig::defaultCollects(
    ignore: [CollectType::ExternalHttp],
),

You can configure the maximum number of external HTTP requests tracked while collecting data in the case of an error as follows:

'collects' => FlareConfig::defaultCollects(
    extra: [
        CollectType::ExternalHttp->value => [
            'max_items_with_errors' => 10,
        ],
    ]
),

Collecting Laravel's HTTP client requests

Requests made with the Laravel HTTP client are automatically collected by default; no additional setup is required.

Collecting Guzzle HTTP requests

Flare can automatically collect Guzzle HTTP requests. This is done by using a middleware that will be added to the Guzzle client:

use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\HandlerStack;
use Spatie\LaravelFlare\Recorders\ExternalHttpRecorder\Guzzle\FlareMiddleware;

$stack = HandlerStack::create();

$stack->push(new FlareMiddleware());

$client = new Client([
    'handler' => $stack,
]);

You can also use the FlareHandlerStack, which requires less code:

use Spatie\LaravelFlare\Recorders\ExternalHttpRecorder\Guzzle\FlareHandlerStack;

$client = new Client([
    'handler' => new FlareHandlerStack()
]);