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# The Log block

The **Log** block accepts information to its input port and sends the information to the [Postman Console](/docs/use/send-requests/response-data/troubleshooting-api-requests/). The **Log** block is useful for [debugging flows](/flows/build-flows/troubleshoot/troubleshoot/).

## Input

The **Log** block has a single input port that accepts data from any block's output port. If you connect multiple output ports to a **Log** blocks' input port, all the incoming data is sent to the Postman Console in the order it was received.

If you have any **HTTP Request** blocks in your flow, the requests they send are logged automatically as network events. You don't need to add **Log** blocks to capture that output.

## Setup

Connect one or more block's output port to the **Log** block's input port to send the incoming data to the Postman Console. Click ![View logs icon](https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/v11/icons/flows-view-logs-icon-v11.jpg#icon) **View logs** to open the Postman Console.

Within the Postman Console, optionally click ![Open web icon](https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/action-openWeb-stroke.svg#icon) to open a copy of the console in its own window. There you find the following checkboxes:

* **Show timestamps** prefaces each log entry with a timestamp in `HH:MM:SS.MS` format where `HH` is the hour, `MM` is the minute, `SS` is the second, and `MS` is the millisecond.

* **Hide network** hides the network events described in the [Input](#input) section.

## Example

To see the **Log** block in an example flow, check out [Flow Snippets: Logging to Console](https://www.postman.com/postman/flows-snippets/flow/63b8b07ea365885b55bc51f9).

The example flow below obtains a random integer, raises it to the third power, outputs a string stating both values, and logs the string.

![A flow that logs output](https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/v11/flows-blocks-reference-log-example-upper-v11.54.0.jpg)

Both the network event (that is, the HTTP request) and the output string appear in the log. With the Postman Console in its own window, you can turn on **Show timestamps**. In this case that reveals that the HTTP request was logged 60 milliseconds before the output.

![How logs look in the console](https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/v11/flows-blocks-reference-log-example-lower-v11.54.0.jpg)

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