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Node.js proxying made simple. Configure proxy middleware with ease for [connect](https://github.com/senchalabs/connect), [express](https://github.com/strongloop/express), [browser-sync](https://github.com/BrowserSync/browser-sync) and [many more](#compatible-servers). | |
Powered by the popular Nodejitsu [`http-proxy`](https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy). [](https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy) | |
## ⚠️ Note <!-- omit in toc --> | |
This page is showing documentation for version v2.x.x ([release notes](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/releases)) | |
If you're looking for v0.x documentation. Go to: | |
https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/v0.21.0#readme | |
## TL;DR <!-- omit in toc --> | |
Proxy `/api` requests to `http://www.example.org` | |
```javascript | |
// javascript | |
const express = require('express'); | |
const { createProxyMiddleware } = require('http-proxy-middleware'); | |
const app = express(); | |
app.use('/api', createProxyMiddleware({ target: 'http://www.example.org', changeOrigin: true })); | |
app.listen(3000); | |
// http://localhost:3000/api/foo/bar -> http://www.example.org/api/foo/bar | |
``` | |
```typescript | |
// typescript | |
import * as express from 'express'; | |
import { createProxyMiddleware, Filter, Options, RequestHandler } from 'http-proxy-middleware'; | |
const app = express(); | |
app.use('/api', createProxyMiddleware({ target: 'http://www.example.org', changeOrigin: true })); | |
app.listen(3000); | |
// http://localhost:3000/api/foo/bar -> http://www.example.org/api/foo/bar | |
``` | |
_All_ `http-proxy` [options](https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy#options) can be used, along with some extra `http-proxy-middleware` [options](#options). | |
:bulb: **Tip:** Set the option `changeOrigin` to `true` for [name-based virtual hosted sites](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_hosting#Name-based). | |
## Table of Contents <!-- omit in toc --> | |
- [Install](#install) | |
- [Core concept](#core-concept) | |
- [Example](#example) | |
- [Context matching](#context-matching) | |
- [Options](#options) | |
- [http-proxy-middleware options](#http-proxy-middleware-options) | |
- [http-proxy events](#http-proxy-events) | |
- [http-proxy options](#http-proxy-options) | |
- [Shorthand](#shorthand) | |
- [app.use(path, proxy)](#appusepath-proxy) | |
- [WebSocket](#websocket) | |
- [External WebSocket upgrade](#external-websocket-upgrade) | |
- [Intercept and manipulate requests](#intercept-and-manipulate-requests) | |
- [Intercept and manipulate responses](#intercept-and-manipulate-responses) | |
- [Working examples](#working-examples) | |
- [Recipes](#recipes) | |
- [Compatible servers](#compatible-servers) | |
- [Tests](#tests) | |
- [Changelog](#changelog) | |
- [License](#license) | |
## Install | |
```bash | |
$ npm install --save-dev http-proxy-middleware | |
``` | |
## Core concept | |
Proxy middleware configuration. | |
#### createProxyMiddleware([context,] config) | |
```javascript | |
const { createProxyMiddleware } = require('http-proxy-middleware'); | |
const apiProxy = createProxyMiddleware('/api', { target: 'http://www.example.org' }); | |
// \____/ \_____________________________/ | |
// | | | |
// context options | |
// 'apiProxy' is now ready to be used as middleware in a server. | |
``` | |
- **context**: Determine which requests should be proxied to the target host. | |
(more on [context matching](#context-matching)) | |
- **options.target**: target host to proxy to. _(protocol + host)_ | |
(full list of [`http-proxy-middleware` configuration options](#options)) | |
#### createProxyMiddleware(uri [, config]) | |
```javascript | |
// shorthand syntax for the example above: | |
const apiProxy = createProxyMiddleware('http://www.example.org/api'); | |
``` | |
More about the [shorthand configuration](#shorthand). | |
## Example | |
An example with `express` server. | |
```javascript | |
// include dependencies | |
const express = require('express'); | |
const { createProxyMiddleware } = require('http-proxy-middleware'); | |
// proxy middleware options | |
/** @type {import('http-proxy-middleware/dist/types').Options} */ | |
const options = { | |
target: 'http://www.example.org', // target host | |
changeOrigin: true, // needed for virtual hosted sites | |
ws: true, // proxy websockets | |
pathRewrite: { | |
'^/api/old-path': '/api/new-path', // rewrite path | |
'^/api/remove/path': '/path', // remove base path | |
}, | |
router: { | |
// when request.headers.host == 'dev.localhost:3000', | |
// override target 'http://www.example.org' to 'http://localhost:8000' | |
'dev.localhost:3000': 'http://localhost:8000', | |
}, | |
}; | |
// create the proxy (without context) | |
const exampleProxy = createProxyMiddleware(options); | |
// mount `exampleProxy` in web server | |
const app = express(); | |
app.use('/api', exampleProxy); | |
app.listen(3000); | |
``` | |
## Context matching | |
Providing an alternative way to decide which requests should be proxied; In case you are not able to use the server's [`path` parameter](http://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#app.use) to mount the proxy or when you need more flexibility. | |
[RFC 3986 `path`](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.3) is used for context matching. | |
```ascii | |
foo://example.com:8042/over/there?name=ferret#nose | |
\_/ \______________/\_________/ \_________/ \__/ | |
| | | | | | |
scheme authority path query fragment | |
``` | |
- **path matching** | |
- `createProxyMiddleware({...})` - matches any path, all requests will be proxied. | |
- `createProxyMiddleware('/', {...})` - matches any path, all requests will be proxied. | |
- `createProxyMiddleware('/api', {...})` - matches paths starting with `/api` | |
- **multiple path matching** | |
- `createProxyMiddleware(['/api', '/ajax', '/someotherpath'], {...})` | |
- **wildcard path matching** | |
For fine-grained control you can use wildcard matching. Glob pattern matching is done by _micromatch_. Visit [micromatch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch) or [glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/glob) for more globbing examples. | |
- `createProxyMiddleware('**', {...})` matches any path, all requests will be proxied. | |
- `createProxyMiddleware('**/*.html', {...})` matches any path which ends with `.html` | |
- `createProxyMiddleware('/*.html', {...})` matches paths directly under path-absolute | |
- `createProxyMiddleware('/api/**/*.html', {...})` matches requests ending with `.html` in the path of `/api` | |
- `createProxyMiddleware(['/api/**', '/ajax/**'], {...})` combine multiple patterns | |
- `createProxyMiddleware(['/api/**', '!**/bad.json'], {...})` exclusion | |
**Note**: In multiple path matching, you cannot use string paths and wildcard paths together. | |
- **custom matching** | |
For full control you can provide a custom function to determine which requests should be proxied or not. | |
```javascript | |
/** | |
* @return {Boolean} | |
*/ | |
const filter = function (pathname, req) { | |
return pathname.match('^/api') && req.method === 'GET'; | |
}; | |
const apiProxy = createProxyMiddleware(filter, { | |
target: 'http://www.example.org', | |
}); | |
``` | |
## Options | |
### http-proxy-middleware options | |
- **option.pathRewrite**: object/function, rewrite target's url path. Object-keys will be used as _RegExp_ to match paths. | |
```javascript | |
// rewrite path | |
pathRewrite: {'^/old/api' : '/new/api'} | |
// remove path | |
pathRewrite: {'^/remove/api' : ''} | |
// add base path | |
pathRewrite: {'^/' : '/basepath/'} | |
// custom rewriting | |
pathRewrite: function (path, req) { return path.replace('/api', '/base/api') } | |
// custom rewriting, returning Promise | |
pathRewrite: async function (path, req) { | |
const should_add_something = await httpRequestToDecideSomething(path); | |
if (should_add_something) path += "something"; | |
return path; | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.router**: object/function, re-target `option.target` for specific requests. | |
```javascript | |
// Use `host` and/or `path` to match requests. First match will be used. | |
// The order of the configuration matters. | |
router: { | |
'integration.localhost:3000' : 'http://localhost:8001', // host only | |
'staging.localhost:3000' : 'http://localhost:8002', // host only | |
'localhost:3000/api' : 'http://localhost:8003', // host + path | |
'/rest' : 'http://localhost:8004' // path only | |
} | |
// Custom router function (string target) | |
router: function(req) { | |
return 'http://localhost:8004'; | |
} | |
// Custom router function (target object) | |
router: function(req) { | |
return { | |
protocol: 'https:', // The : is required | |
host: 'localhost', | |
port: 8004 | |
}; | |
} | |
// Asynchronous router function which returns promise | |
router: async function(req) { | |
const url = await doSomeIO(); | |
return url; | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.logLevel**: string, ['debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error', 'silent']. Default: `'info'` | |
- **option.logProvider**: function, modify or replace log provider. Default: `console`. | |
```javascript | |
// simple replace | |
function logProvider(provider) { | |
// replace the default console log provider. | |
return require('winston'); | |
} | |
``` | |
```javascript | |
// verbose replacement | |
function logProvider(provider) { | |
const logger = new (require('winston').Logger)(); | |
const myCustomProvider = { | |
log: logger.log, | |
debug: logger.debug, | |
info: logger.info, | |
warn: logger.warn, | |
error: logger.error, | |
}; | |
return myCustomProvider; | |
} | |
``` | |
### http-proxy events | |
Subscribe to [http-proxy events](https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy#listening-for-proxy-events): | |
- **option.onError**: function, subscribe to http-proxy's `error` event for custom error handling. | |
```javascript | |
function onError(err, req, res, target) { | |
res.writeHead(500, { | |
'Content-Type': 'text/plain', | |
}); | |
res.end('Something went wrong. And we are reporting a custom error message.'); | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.onProxyRes**: function, subscribe to http-proxy's `proxyRes` event. | |
```javascript | |
function onProxyRes(proxyRes, req, res) { | |
proxyRes.headers['x-added'] = 'foobar'; // add new header to response | |
delete proxyRes.headers['x-removed']; // remove header from response | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.onProxyReq**: function, subscribe to http-proxy's `proxyReq` event. | |
```javascript | |
function onProxyReq(proxyReq, req, res) { | |
// add custom header to request | |
proxyReq.setHeader('x-added', 'foobar'); | |
// or log the req | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.onProxyReqWs**: function, subscribe to http-proxy's `proxyReqWs` event. | |
```javascript | |
function onProxyReqWs(proxyReq, req, socket, options, head) { | |
// add custom header | |
proxyReq.setHeader('X-Special-Proxy-Header', 'foobar'); | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.onOpen**: function, subscribe to http-proxy's `open` event. | |
```javascript | |
function onOpen(proxySocket) { | |
// listen for messages coming FROM the target here | |
proxySocket.on('data', hybridParseAndLogMessage); | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.onClose**: function, subscribe to http-proxy's `close` event. | |
```javascript | |
function onClose(res, socket, head) { | |
// view disconnected websocket connections | |
console.log('Client disconnected'); | |
} | |
``` | |
### http-proxy options | |
The following options are provided by the underlying [http-proxy](https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy#options) library. | |
- **option.target**: url string to be parsed with the url module | |
- **option.forward**: url string to be parsed with the url module | |
- **option.agent**: object to be passed to http(s).request (see Node's [https agent](http://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_class_https_agent) and [http agent](http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_agent) objects) | |
- **option.ssl**: object to be passed to https.createServer() | |
- **option.ws**: true/false: if you want to proxy websockets | |
- **option.xfwd**: true/false, adds x-forward headers | |
- **option.secure**: true/false, if you want to verify the SSL Certs | |
- **option.toProxy**: true/false, passes the absolute URL as the `path` (useful for proxying to proxies) | |
- **option.prependPath**: true/false, Default: true - specify whether you want to prepend the target's path to the proxy path | |
- **option.ignorePath**: true/false, Default: false - specify whether you want to ignore the proxy path of the incoming request (note: you will have to append / manually if required). | |
- **option.localAddress** : Local interface string to bind for outgoing connections | |
- **option.changeOrigin**: true/false, Default: false - changes the origin of the host header to the target URL | |
- **option.preserveHeaderKeyCase**: true/false, Default: false - specify whether you want to keep letter case of response header key | |
- **option.auth** : Basic authentication i.e. 'user:password' to compute an Authorization header. | |
- **option.hostRewrite**: rewrites the location hostname on (301/302/307/308) redirects. | |
- **option.autoRewrite**: rewrites the location host/port on (301/302/307/308) redirects based on requested host/port. Default: false. | |
- **option.protocolRewrite**: rewrites the location protocol on (301/302/307/308) redirects to 'http' or 'https'. Default: null. | |
- **option.cookieDomainRewrite**: rewrites domain of `set-cookie` headers. Possible values: | |
- `false` (default): disable cookie rewriting | |
- String: new domain, for example `cookieDomainRewrite: "new.domain"`. To remove the domain, use `cookieDomainRewrite: ""`. | |
- Object: mapping of domains to new domains, use `"*"` to match all domains. | |
For example keep one domain unchanged, rewrite one domain and remove other domains: | |
```json | |
cookieDomainRewrite: { | |
"unchanged.domain": "unchanged.domain", | |
"old.domain": "new.domain", | |
"*": "" | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.cookiePathRewrite**: rewrites path of `set-cookie` headers. Possible values: | |
- `false` (default): disable cookie rewriting | |
- String: new path, for example `cookiePathRewrite: "/newPath/"`. To remove the path, use `cookiePathRewrite: ""`. To set path to root use `cookiePathRewrite: "/"`. | |
- Object: mapping of paths to new paths, use `"*"` to match all paths. | |
For example, to keep one path unchanged, rewrite one path and remove other paths: | |
```json | |
cookiePathRewrite: { | |
"/unchanged.path/": "/unchanged.path/", | |
"/old.path/": "/new.path/", | |
"*": "" | |
} | |
``` | |
- **option.headers**: object, adds [request headers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields#Request_fields). (Example: `{host:'www.example.org'}`) | |
- **option.proxyTimeout**: timeout (in millis) when proxy receives no response from target | |
- **option.timeout**: timeout (in millis) for incoming requests | |
- **option.followRedirects**: true/false, Default: false - specify whether you want to follow redirects | |
- **option.selfHandleResponse** true/false, if set to true, none of the webOutgoing passes are called and it's your responsibility to appropriately return the response by listening and acting on the `proxyRes` event | |
- **option.buffer**: stream of data to send as the request body. Maybe you have some middleware that consumes the request stream before proxying it on e.g. If you read the body of a request into a field called 'req.rawbody' you could restream this field in the buffer option: | |
```javascript | |
'use strict'; | |
const streamify = require('stream-array'); | |
const HttpProxy = require('http-proxy'); | |
const proxy = new HttpProxy(); | |
module.exports = (req, res, next) => { | |
proxy.web( | |
req, | |
res, | |
{ | |
target: 'http://localhost:4003/', | |
buffer: streamify(req.rawBody), | |
}, | |
next | |
); | |
}; | |
``` | |
## Shorthand | |
Use the shorthand syntax when verbose configuration is not needed. The `context` and `option.target` will be automatically configured when shorthand is used. Options can still be used if needed. | |
```javascript | |
createProxyMiddleware('http://www.example.org:8000/api'); | |
// createProxyMiddleware('/api', {target: 'http://www.example.org:8000'}); | |
createProxyMiddleware('http://www.example.org:8000/api/books/*/**.json'); | |
// createProxyMiddleware('/api/books/*/**.json', {target: 'http://www.example.org:8000'}); | |
createProxyMiddleware('http://www.example.org:8000/api', { changeOrigin: true }); | |
// createProxyMiddleware('/api', {target: 'http://www.example.org:8000', changeOrigin: true}); | |
``` | |
### app.use(path, proxy) | |
If you want to use the server's `app.use` `path` parameter to match requests; | |
Create and mount the proxy without the http-proxy-middleware `context` parameter: | |
```javascript | |
app.use('/api', createProxyMiddleware({ target: 'http://www.example.org', changeOrigin: true })); | |
``` | |
`app.use` documentation: | |
- express: http://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#app.use | |
- connect: https://github.com/senchalabs/connect#mount-middleware | |
- polka: https://github.com/lukeed/polka#usebase-fn | |
## WebSocket | |
```javascript | |
// verbose api | |
createProxyMiddleware('/', { target: 'http://echo.websocket.org', ws: true }); | |
// shorthand | |
createProxyMiddleware('http://echo.websocket.org', { ws: true }); | |
// shorter shorthand | |
createProxyMiddleware('ws://echo.websocket.org'); | |
``` | |
### External WebSocket upgrade | |
In the previous WebSocket examples, http-proxy-middleware relies on a initial http request in order to listen to the http `upgrade` event. If you need to proxy WebSockets without the initial http request, you can subscribe to the server's http `upgrade` event manually. | |
```javascript | |
const wsProxy = createProxyMiddleware('ws://echo.websocket.org', { changeOrigin: true }); | |
const app = express(); | |
app.use(wsProxy); | |
const server = app.listen(3000); | |
server.on('upgrade', wsProxy.upgrade); // <-- subscribe to http 'upgrade' | |
``` | |
## Intercept and manipulate requests | |
Intercept requests from downstream by defining `onProxyReq` in `createProxyMiddleware`. | |
Currently the only pre-provided request interceptor is `fixRequestBody`, which is used to fix proxied POST requests when `bodyParser` is applied before this middleware. | |
Example: | |
```javascript | |
const { createProxyMiddleware, fixRequestBody } = require('http-proxy-middleware'); | |
const proxy = createProxyMiddleware({ | |
/** | |
* Fix bodyParser | |
**/ | |
onProxyReq: fixRequestBody, | |
}); | |
``` | |
## Intercept and manipulate responses | |
Intercept responses from upstream with `responseInterceptor`. (Make sure to set `selfHandleResponse: true`) | |
Responses which are compressed with `brotli`, `gzip` and `deflate` will be decompressed automatically. The response will be returned as `buffer` ([docs](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html)) which you can manipulate. | |
With `buffer`, response manipulation is not limited to text responses (html/css/js, etc...); image manipulation will be possible too. ([example](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/master/recipes/response-interceptor.md#manipulate-image-response)) | |
NOTE: `responseInterceptor` disables streaming of target's response. | |
Example: | |
```javascript | |
const { createProxyMiddleware, responseInterceptor } = require('http-proxy-middleware'); | |
const proxy = createProxyMiddleware({ | |
/** | |
* IMPORTANT: avoid res.end being called automatically | |
**/ | |
selfHandleResponse: true, // res.end() will be called internally by responseInterceptor() | |
/** | |
* Intercept response and replace 'Hello' with 'Goodbye' | |
**/ | |
onProxyRes: responseInterceptor(async (responseBuffer, proxyRes, req, res) => { | |
const response = responseBuffer.toString('utf8'); // convert buffer to string | |
return response.replace('Hello', 'Goodbye'); // manipulate response and return the result | |
}), | |
}); | |
``` | |
Check out [interception recipes](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/master/recipes/response-interceptor.md#readme) for more examples. | |
## Working examples | |
View and play around with [working examples](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/examples). | |
- Browser-Sync ([example source](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/examples/browser-sync/index.js)) | |
- express ([example source](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/examples/express/index.js)) | |
- connect ([example source](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/examples/connect/index.js)) | |
- WebSocket ([example source](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/examples/websocket/index.js)) | |
- Response Manipulation ([example source](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/master/examples/response-interceptor/index.js)) | |
## Recipes | |
View the [recipes](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/recipes) for common use cases. | |
## Compatible servers | |
`http-proxy-middleware` is compatible with the following servers: | |
- [connect](https://www.npmjs.com/package/connect) | |
- [express](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express) | |
- [fastify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fastify) | |
- [browser-sync](https://www.npmjs.com/package/browser-sync) | |
- [lite-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lite-server) | |
- [polka](https://github.com/lukeed/polka) | |
- [grunt-contrib-connect](https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-contrib-connect) | |
- [grunt-browser-sync](https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-browser-sync) | |
- [gulp-connect](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-connect) | |
- [gulp-webserver](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-webserver) | |
Sample implementations can be found in the [server recipes](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/tree/master/recipes/servers.md). | |
## Tests | |
Run the test suite: | |
```bash | |
# install dependencies | |
$ yarn | |
# linting | |
$ yarn lint | |
$ yarn lint:fix | |
# building (compile typescript to js) | |
$ yarn build | |
# unit tests | |
$ yarn test | |
# code coverage | |
$ yarn cover | |
# check spelling mistakes | |
$ yarn spellcheck | |
``` | |
## Changelog | |
- [View changelog](https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) | |
## License | |
The MIT License (MIT) | |
Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Steven Chim | |