Parse JSON POST request into nginx variable

[datanasov]

justink101 Wrote:
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> How can I read a POST request body which is JSON and get a property? 
> I need to read a property and use it as a variable in proxy_pass.
> 
> Pseudo code:
> 
>    $post_request_body = '{"account": "test.mydomain.com",
> "more-stuff": "here"}';
>    // I want to get
>    $account = "test.mydomain.com";
>    proxy_pass $account/rest/of/url/here;

Hello,
I'v wrote a simple configuration example with LUA script to process posted
JSON body and based on KEY/Value take a different action:
/you can find it here:
http://www.energy-bg.org/processing-json-with-nginx-and-lua/

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,250864,257712#msg-257712