Reverse Proxies

The reverse proxy content provider allows to embed content from another web server into your application.

var proxy = ReverseProxy.Create()
                        .Upstream("http://my-cdn:8080/");

await Host.Create()
          .Handler(proxy)
          .RunAsync();

When running this example, any request to http://localhost:8080 will be proxied to http://my-cdn:8080/. Proxying works both for regular HTTP requests and websocket connections.

If the upstream server is either not available or does not respond in time, the provider will return an HTTP 502/504 error page instead.

Adjustments

The module internally uses the HttpClient to perform HTTP requests. If needed, you can pass actions to adjust the client as required.

var proxy = ReverseProxy.Create()
                        .Upstream("http://my-cdn:8080/")
                        .AdjustHandler(h => h.Proxy = null)
                        .AdjustClient(c => c.MaxResponseContentBufferSize = 10000);