how to webservicetarget url dynamically in nlog for xamarin forms

Question

how to web service target URL dynamically in NLog for Xamarin.Forms in NLog.Config file. need to get a to a variable instead of hardcoding.

<target name="webservice" 
        xsi:type="WebService"
        url="{var:url}"
        protocol="JsonPost"
        proxyType="NoProxy" 
        namespace="{var:namespace}"
        methodName ="InsertLogs"
        encoding="utf-8">
        <parameter name="Datetime" type="System.String" layout="${time}"/>
        <parameter name="level" layout="${level}" />
</target>


 

Answer 1

You can load and modify your target at runtime and set the URL:

var target = LogManager.Configuration.FindTargetByName("webservice") as WebServiceTarget;
target.Url = new Uri("https://my.url/logs");
LogManager.ReconfigExistingLoggers();