---
title: "Get a FileLog plugin"
method: GET
path: "/plugins/{PluginId}#FileLog"
tags: ["Plugins"]
---

# Get a FileLog plugin

`GET /plugins/{PluginId}#FileLog`

Get a FileLog plugin

## Response `200`

FileLog plugin

- FileLogPlugin — A Plugin entity represents a plugin configuration that will be executed during the HTTP request/response lifecycle. It is how you can add functionalities to Services that run behind Kong, like Authentication or Rate Limiting for example. You can find more information about how to install and what values each plugin takes by visiting the [Kong Hub](https://docs.konghq.com/hub/). When adding a Plugin Configuration to a Service, every request made by a client to that Service will run said Plugin. If a Plugin needs to be tuned to different values for some specific Consumers, you can do so by creating a separate plugin instance that specifies both the Service and the Consumer, through the `service` and `consumer` fields.
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `enabled` boolean, nullable — Whether the plugin is applied.
  - `id` string, nullable
  - `instance_name` string, nullable
  - `name` 'file-log', required — The name of the Plugin that's going to be added. Currently, the Plugin must be installed in every Kong instance separately.
  - `ordering` object, nullable
    - `after` object
      - `access` string[]
    - `before` object
      - `access` string[]
  - `partials` object[], nullable
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
    - `path` string
  - `tags` string[] — An optional set of strings associated with the Plugin for grouping and filtering.
  - `updated_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was last updated.
  - `config` object
    - `custom_fields_by_lua` object — Lua code as a key-value map
    - `path` string — The file path of the output log file. The plugin creates the log file if it doesn't exist yet.
    - `reopen` boolean — Determines whether the log file is closed and reopened on every request.
  - `consumer` object — If set, the plugin will activate only for requests where the specified has been authenticated. (Note that some plugins can not be restricted to consumers this way.). Leave unset for the plugin to activate regardless of the authenticated Consumer.
    - `id` string
  - `protocols` string[] — A set of strings representing protocols.
  - `route` object — If set, the plugin will only activate when receiving requests via the specified route. Leave unset for the plugin to activate regardless of the route being used.
    - `id` string
  - `service` object — If set, the plugin will only activate when receiving requests via one of the routes belonging to the specified Service. Leave unset for the plugin to activate regardless of the Service being matched.
    - `id` string

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Resource does not exist

## Changes

> 7 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2025-05-01** `daef3e27adf6` — 1 info
  - the `allOf[#/components/schemas/FileLogPluginConfig]/config/path` response's property pattern was changed from `^[^*&%%\`]+$` to `^[^[\t\n\v\f\r ]*&%%\`][^*&%%\`]*[^[\t\n\v\f\r ]*&%%\`]$` for the status `200`
- **2025-04-04** `e07a25288f1f` — 6 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/PluginBase` to the response body `allOf` list for the response status `200`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/Plugin` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `200`
  - added the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/FileLogPluginConfig]/consumer` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/FileLogPluginConfig]/protocols` to the response with the `200` status
  - …2 more
- **2024-11-26** `99e71588eb61` — 1 breaking, 15 info
  - the `allOf[#/components/schemas/Plugin]/` response's property type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
  - added the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/Plugin]/consumer` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/Plugin]/consumer_group` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/Plugin]/created_at` to the response with the `200` status
  - …12 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/kong-enterprise-admin-api/changes/plugins/:PluginId#FileLog/get.md)

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