# API logging added in DreamFactory Silver

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/api-logging-added-in-dreamfactory-silver/3459>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** community, release, silver\
**Created:** [November 21, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/api-logging-added-in-dreamfactory-silver/3459 "2016-11-21T15:12:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/api-logging-added-in-dreamfactory-silver/3459/1 "2016-11-21T15:12:11Z")

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## We’re excited to announce that we’ve added API logging in DreamFactory Silver, our commercial REST API platform. [http://buff.ly/2g1lMne](http://buff.ly/2g1lMne)

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Logging API calls is an important security and reporting requirement for production applications. To understand traffic patterns, identify potential security risks, and analyze end-user behavior, you need API logging at two levels: a detailed record of each API call and an aggregated view of API traffic over time, segmented in various ways (for example by geography).

To learn how DreamFactory API logging works, [see this short tutorial.](https://blog.dreamfactory.com/logstash-integration-enhances-dreamfactory-logging-capabilties) Getting up and running with Logstash is easy and the REST API for logging is straightforward to use.