https support for target URL

Following is my gateway configuration :

const gateway = require(‘fast-gateway’)
server = gateway(
{
routes: [
{
prefix: ‘/fakeservice’,
target: ‘https://reqres.in/’,    //--->target URL with **HTTPS**
docs: {
name: ‘Fake service’,
endpoint: ‘/api/users/2’,
},
},
{
prefix: ‘/empservice’,
target: ‘http://dummy.restapiexample.com/’,   //--->target url with **HTTP**
docs: {
name: ‘Employee Service’,
endpoint: ‘/api/v1/employees’,
}
},
]
}
);
server.start(3123);

While I am running locally using following URLs to route, I have success and failure :

1. http://localhost:3123/fakeservice/api/users/2 —> FAILED : Returning NOT found error, even though target https://reqres.in/api/users/2 returns valid JSON

2. http://localhost:3123/empservice/api/v1/employees —> SUCCEEDED : Returning success response with JSON payload as expected.

Question: does fast-gateway support target with HTTPS? If so, then why it’s not working? Am I missing any configuration? Do I need to add any extra parameter to route target having HTTPS protocol?

Please help. I am planning to use this in commercial production delivery project.

[jkyberneees]

Hi @skskcco2o17, v2.3.3 was released with the latest version of fast-proxy. Now you are able to modify the request headers, in this case, required for Cloudflare.

Here a working example:

const gateway = require('fast-proxy')

gateway({
  routes: [{
    prefix: '/httpbin',
    target: 'https://httpbin.org'
  }, {
    prefix: '/jsonplaceholder',
    target: 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com',
    hooks: {
      rewriteRequestHeaders (req, headers) {
        delete headers['x-forwarded-host']

        return headers
      }
    }
  }]
}).start(8080)

Looking forward to your feedback, feel free to close this issue on success.

Regards, Rolando

[jkyberneees]

Hi @skskcco2o17, is great to hear that it worked for you. v2.3.4 of fast-gateway is out with the fix. So you don’t need delete headers.host anymore.

For using self-signed certs you can use:

const gateway = require('./../index')

gateway({
  routes: [{
    fastProxy: {
      rejectUnauthorized: false
    },
    prefix: '/httpbin',
    target: 'https://httpbin.org'
  }]
}).start(8080)

I am closing this issue, in case you have other issues, feel free to contact me again.

Best Regards, Rolando