Impossible to ignore proxy path prefix

[maks-rafalko]

Hi,

I need to proxy requests from /api to the root of other site: http://test.com:

/api/users -> http://test.com/users
/api/users/1 -> http://test.com/users/1

But all my requests lead to http://test.com/api/*
How to ignore /api prefix but not to ignore other path?
When I use ignorePath settings all my requests lead to http://test.com.

Config:

server.middleware = proxyMiddleware('/api', {target: 'http://test.com', proxyHost: 'test.com'});

[joeyespo]

👍 Just ran into this too.

@borNfreee Find a suitable workaround since you posted this?

[sequoiar]

@borNfreee you may need use http-proxy with middleware like express.js or connect.js

[chimurai]

@borNfreee's question has been answered in: chimurai/http-proxy-middleware#31 (comment)

[maks-rafalko]

Thanks @chimurai You are right

[mik01aj]

I have the same problem, but I can't use the @chimurai's solution because I don't use the middleware. I use the webpack dev server.

Would this be possible with just node-http-proxy options? Or do I need to request the feature from webpack guys?

[chimurai]

@mik01aj
node-http-proxy doesn't offer path rewrite through options;
It's some sugar added by http-proxy-middleware.

Good news for you perhaps, HPM is now being used by webpack-dev-server.
webpack/webpack-dev-server#359

It is not push to npm yet, so you'll have to wait a bit...
pathRewrite option will be available there too (soon).

[mik01aj]

That's some very good news, thanks!