Proxy on '/' as exact path, not '/*'

[bleszerd]

Hey guys.

How do I set a rule for a "/users" route that doesn't apply to "/users/find"?

I need in my project to distinguish a public route from a private one, but the "/users" rules propagate to all endpoints starting with the "/users" prefix, like "users/find" or "users/updateName"

[chimurai]

For v2:
You can configure a glob pattern or write your own function:
https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/2.x/recipes/context-matching.md#wildcard--exclusion

For v3@beta:
Same functionality has been moved to pathFilter:
https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/master/recipes/pathFilter.md#path-filter

[bleszerd]

Thanks, I think this solves my problem.

I even believe that making this explanation more accessible is a good idea, I recommend putting in the project's README.me a reference to the link you sent me

[chimurai]

Believe it's already documented in the README.md.

Open for suggestions to improve it. 👌

[bleszerd]

just updating if they find this question: you can use ^/user$ as exact path and ^/user/**$ to match all routes that have /user as prefix.

You might want to do something like:

[Typescript]

const createRoute = ({
  redirectHost,
  route,
  useAsPrefix = true,
}: IRouteOptions) => {
  const routePath = useAsPrefix ? `${route}/**` : route;

  router.use(
    `^/oldApi/${routePath}$`,
    createProxyMiddleware({
      pathRewrite: {
        '^/oldApi': '/newApi',
      },
      target: redirectHost,
    }),
  );
};

@chimurai thanks for the help