dir = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib')) require File.join(dir, 'httparty') require 'logger' require 'pp' my_logger = Logger.new "httparty.log" my_logger.info "Logging can be used on the main HTTParty class. It logs redirects too." HTTParty.get "http://google.com", logger: my_logger my_logger.info '*'*70 my_logger.info "It can be used also on a custom class." class Google include HTTParty logger ::Logger.new "httparty.log" end Google.get "http://google.com" my_logger.info '*'*70 my_logger.info "The default formatter is :apache. The :curl formatter can also be used." my_logger.info "You can tell wich method to call on the logger too. It is info by default." HTTParty.get "http://google.com", logger: my_logger, log_level: :debug, log_format: :curl my_logger.info '*'*70 my_logger.info "These configs are also available on custom classes." class Google include HTTParty logger ::Logger.new("httparty.log"), :debug, :curl end Google.get "http://google.com"