Approach for tying all NLog logs back to the original request within WebAPI?

Question

I am working to build an API using WebAPI, and have been using NLog for logging throughout the stack. My API solution has two main projects including:

• The webs

Answer 1

NLog.Extension.Logging ver. 1.0 is able to capture context-properties created with ILogger.BeginScope. These can be extracted using NLog ${mdlc}.

Microsoft engine will by default inject properties like RequestId, RequestPath, etc.

See also: https://github.com/NLog/NLog.Extensions.Logging/wiki/NLog-properties-with-Microsoft-Extension-Logging