reverseproxy is a lightweight HTTP reverse-proxy implementation.
Reverse HTTP proxies are used for everything from load balancing to shared hosting. A reverse proxy transparently forwards connections from one server to another.
Take an example. You might connect to my server through the URL http://aqnichol.com, but my server uses a reverse proxy to forward that connection to http://localhost:8080. Even though an outside client cannot connect to that port on my server, the reverse proxy can. This allows me to run different server applications on different ports on my server and still serve all of them through port 80.
Documentation can be found at the GoDoc.
With this API, you can forward an HTTP connection directly through a proxy. You can forward a request to a different host easily:
func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
reverseproxy.ProxyRequest(w, r, "somehost.com:8080")
}
For now, the target host can include a port number but not a protocol. The unencrypted HTTP protocol is always used.
The demo folder contains a few programs which use this library. The folder also contains a README with more detailed information on each demonstration.
- Add Proxy struct demonstration to README
- Rewrite host in "Location" header
reverseproxy is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license. See LICENSE.
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