diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 248cbeae5d..90daf38dee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ out/
 .DS_Store
 
 # Maven
-log/
+log/*
 target/
 
 # Gradle
diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 555eafe40a..93160a9936 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -276,6 +281,7 @@
         <json.path.version>2.2.0</json.path.version>
         <pact.version>3.5.11</pact.version>
         <rest-assured.version>3.1.0</rest-assured.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.sampleapp.config.MainApplication</start-class>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/app/Application.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/app/Application.java
index e9d451b55e..6e2607339c 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/app/Application.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/app/Application.java
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 package com.baeldung.web.log.app;
 
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRegistration;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
+
+import com.baeldung.web.log.config.CustomeRequestLoggingFilter;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
@@ -14,4 +24,18 @@ public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
     public static void main(final String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public void onStartup(ServletContext container) throws ServletException {
+
+        AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+        context.setConfigLocation("com.baeldung.web.log");
+        container.addListener(new ContextLoaderListener(context));
+
+        ServletRegistration.Dynamic dispatcher = container.addServlet("dispatcher", new DispatcherServlet(context));
+        dispatcher.setLoadOnStartup(1);
+        dispatcher.addMapping("/"); 
+
+        container.addFilter("customRequestLoggingFilter", CustomeRequestLoggingFilter.class).addMappingForServletNames(null, false, "dispatcher");
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/config/CustomeRequestLoggingFilter.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/config/CustomeRequestLoggingFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3accb0a06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/log/config/CustomeRequestLoggingFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung.web.log.config;
+
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter;
+
+public class CustomeRequestLoggingFilter extends CommonsRequestLoggingFilter {
+
+  public CustomeRequestLoggingFilter() {
+      super.setIncludeQueryString(true);
+      super.setIncludePayload(true);
+      super.setMaxPayloadLength(10000);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/TaxiFareControllerIntegrationTest.java b/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/TaxiFareControllerIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cc098abf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rest/src/test/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/TaxiFareControllerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.baeldung.web.controller;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+import com.baeldung.web.log.app.Application;
+import com.baeldung.web.log.data.TaxiRide;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = { Application.class}, webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+public class TaxiFareControllerIntegrationTest {
+    
+    @LocalServerPort
+    private int port;
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenRequest_whenFetchTaxiFareRateCard_thanOK() {
+        
+        String URL = "http://localhost:" + port + "/spring-rest";
+        TestRestTemplate testRestTemplate = new TestRestTemplate();
+        TaxiRide taxiRide = new TaxiRide(true, 10l);
+        String fare = testRestTemplate.postForObject(
+          URL + "/taxifare/calculate/", 
+          taxiRide, String.class);
+      
+        assertThat(fare, equalTo("200"));
+    }
+}
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