diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 0027879b..195a7a40 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 **python version**
 
 - feat: support skip for pytest
+- feat: print request and response details when running API cases
 - fix: support None/dict/list format when printing sql response
 
 ## v4.1.3 (2022-06-14)
diff --git a/httprunner/runner.py b/httprunner/runner.py
index ecc0c0b7..3b73778c 100644
--- a/httprunner/runner.py
+++ b/httprunner/runner.py
@@ -227,12 +227,16 @@ class SessionRunner(object):
         finally:
             logger.info(f"generate testcase log: {self.__log_path}")
             if USE_ALLURE:
-                allure.attach.file(self.__log_path, name='all log', attachment_type=allure.attachment_type.TEXT)
+                allure.attach.file(
+                    self.__log_path,
+                    name="all log",
+                    attachment_type=allure.attachment_type.TEXT,
+                )
 
         self.__duration = time.time() - self.__start_at
         return self
 
 
 class HttpRunner(SessionRunner):
-    # split SessionRunner to keep consistant with golang version
+    # split SessionRunner to keep consistent with golang version
     pass
diff --git a/httprunner/step_request.py b/httprunner/step_request.py
index f08bc636..8050ab2e 100644
--- a/httprunner/step_request.py
+++ b/httprunner/step_request.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import copy
+import json
 import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Text, Union
 
+import requests
 from loguru import logger
 
 from httprunner import utils
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ from httprunner.models import (
 )
 from httprunner.parser import build_url
 from httprunner.response import ResponseObject
-from httprunner.runner import HttpRunner, USE_ALLURE
+from httprunner.runner import USE_ALLURE, HttpRunner
 
 
 def call_hooks(
@@ -66,6 +67,16 @@ def call_hooks(
             logger.error(f"Invalid hook format: {hook}")
 
 
+def pretty_format(v) -> str:
+    if isinstance(v, dict):
+        return json.dumps(v, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+    if isinstance(v, requests.structures.CaseInsensitiveDict):
+        return json.dumps(dict(v.items()), indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+    return repr(utils.omit_long_data(v))
+
+
 def run_step_request(runner: HttpRunner, step: TStep) -> StepResult:
     """run teststep: request"""
     step_result = StepResult(
@@ -104,28 +115,40 @@ def run_step_request(runner: HttpRunner, step: TStep) -> StepResult:
     request_print = "====== request details ======\n"
     request_print += f"url: {url}\n"
     request_print += f"method: {method}\n"
-    headers = parsed_request_dict.get("headers", {})
-    request_print += f"headers: {headers}\n"
     for k, v in parsed_request_dict.items():
-        v = utils.omit_long_data(v)
-        request_print += f"{k}: {repr(v)}\n"
-    request_print += "\n"
+        request_print += f"{k}: {pretty_format(v)}\n"
 
-    # request
+    print(request_print)
     if USE_ALLURE:
         import allure
-        allure.attach(request_print, name="request details", attachment_type=allure.attachment_type.TEXT)
+
+        allure.attach(
+            request_print,
+            name="request details",
+            attachment_type=allure.attachment_type.TEXT,
+        )
     resp = runner.session.request(method, url, **parsed_request_dict)
 
     # log response
     response_print = "====== response details ======\n"
     response_print += f"status_code: {resp.status_code}\n"
-    response_print += f"headers: {resp.headers}\n"
-    response_print += f"body: {repr(resp.text)}\n"
+    response_print += f"headers: {pretty_format(resp.headers)}\n"
 
+    try:
+        resp_body = resp.json()
+    except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
+        resp_body = resp.content
+
+    response_print += f"body: {pretty_format(resp_body)}\n"
+    print(response_print)
     if USE_ALLURE:
         import allure
-        allure.attach(response_print, name="response details", attachment_type=allure.attachment_type.TEXT)
+
+        allure.attach(
+            response_print,
+            name="response details",
+            attachment_type=allure.attachment_type.TEXT,
+        )
     resp_obj = ResponseObject(resp, runner.parser)
     step_variables["response"] = resp_obj
 
@@ -133,11 +156,6 @@ def run_step_request(runner: HttpRunner, step: TStep) -> StepResult:
     if step.teardown_hooks:
         call_hooks(runner, step.teardown_hooks, step_variables, "teardown request")
 
-    def log_req_resp_details():
-        err_msg = "\n{} DETAILED REQUEST & RESPONSE {}\n".format("*" * 32, "*" * 32)
-        err_msg += request_print + response_print
-        logger.error(err_msg)
-
     # extract
     extractors = step.extract
     extract_mapping = resp_obj.extract(extractors, step_variables)
@@ -152,7 +170,6 @@ def run_step_request(runner: HttpRunner, step: TStep) -> StepResult:
         resp_obj.validate(validators, variables_mapping)
         step_result.success = True
     except ValidationFailure:
-        log_req_resp_details()
         raise
     finally:
         session_data = runner.session.data