proxy_pass and trailing / decode uri

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 09:55:15AM +0100, max wrote:

> > When you want nginx to replace matching part of the URI with "/",
> > it will do so on the decoded/normalized URI, and will re-encode
> > special characters in what's left.
> >
> > If you want nginx to preserve original URI as sent by the client,
> > consider using proxy_pass without the URI part.  That is,
> > instead of
> >
> >     proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:82/;
> >
> > use
> >
> >     proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:82;
> >
> > Note no trailing "/".  This way the original URI as sent by the
> > client will be preserved without any modifications.
> >
> 
> 
> Thank you for your answer but it is not correct for location different than
> '/'. With your proposal, targeting http://domain1.com/api/foo/bar, socket
> on port 82 receives: /api/foo/bar. I guess the only way to remove the /api
> part is "rewrite" and involves re-encoding...

Whether this is correct or no depends on the particular setup - in 
particular, it depends on what your backend expects as an URI.  If 
your backend is picky about specific forms of encoding, preserving 
full original URI might be much better option than trying to 
invent hacky workarounds like the one you've linked.  Obviously 
enough, this might either envolve re-configuring the backend to 
accept full original URIs, or hosting things on a dedicated 
domain.

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Maxim Dounin
http://mdounin.ru/