Can we have option to proxy similar to nginx

[iknityanand]

Hi team,

Is there an option or documentation on how to proxy request using serve. I am looking for reverse proxy and load balancing options here.

[Morriz]

yeah, I just like to test builds on my laptop and need to proxypass to an api....very valid use case

[heidemn]

You could consider as a temp solution to use e.g. Caddy as entry point / reverse proxy: https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/patterns#reverse-proxy

                      /--> /app/... (npx serve)
request -> Caddy proxy
                      \--> /api1/... (e.g. Nginx)
                      \--> /api2/... (e.g. Apache)

[warren-bank]

shameless self-promotion alert:
this feature is available in my @warren-bank/serve fork of serve

notes about using redirect rules:

• require an engine attribute..
  which permits you to choose which methodology/library is used to:
  • match the url pathname against a pattern
  • replace capture groups
• an optional boolean proxy attribute can be used to:
  • download from an external url
  • pipe the response back to the client