Override Content-Type header with proxied requests

[António P. P. Almeida]

Oops it's $upstream_http_content_type instead. Should read:

map $upstream_http_content_type $s3_content_type {
    # S3 -> real...
}


----appa



On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:24 PM, António P. P. Almeida <appa at perusio.net>wrote:

> Try this.
>
> At the http level define a map directive that maps upstream Content-Types
> to the correct ones.
>
> map $upstream_content_type $s3_content_type {
>     # S3 -> real...
> }
>
> On the location that proxy passes.
>
> proxy_hide_header Content-Type;
> add_header Content-Type $s3_content_type;
>
> ----appa
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:07 PM, andrea.mandolo <nginx-forum at nginx.us>wrote:
>
>> Hi !!
>>
>> i have a Nginx server that operates as a reverse proxy to a my bucket in
>> Amazon S3.
>>
>> Amazon S3 service could deliver contents with wrong Content-Type header,
>> so i would like to override this header by referring to file extension.
>>
>> In other servers i have just configured the "types" block with all mime
>> types mapped with file estensions,
>> but this approach only works when Nginx delivers contents directly (as a
>> origin server).
>> If the server is a reverse proxy, doesn't add a new Content-Type header,
>> but
>> honors Content-Type (if exists) received by the origin.
>>
>> Is it possible to override the content-type response header using "types"
>> block? Is there any best practice to override content-type header by file
>> extensions? Is "map" suggested for this purpose or using multiple
>> "location"
>> block is better?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!!
>> ---
>> Andrea
>>
>> Posted at Nginx Forum:
>> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,239473,239473#msg-239473
>>
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