proxy-rewrite
The proxy-rewrite plugin offers options to rewrite requests that APISIX forwards to upstream services. With the plugin, you can modify the HTTP methods, request destination upstream address, request headers, and more.
Examples
The examples below demonstrate how you can configure proxy-rewrite on a route in different scenarios.
Rewrite Host Header
The following example demonstrates how you can modify the Host header in a request. Note that you should not use headers.set to set the Host header.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"methods": ["GET"],
"uri": "/headers",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"host": "myapisix.demo"
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a request to /headers to check all the request headers sent to upstream:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/headers"
You should see a response similar to the following:
{
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "myapisix.demo",
"User-Agent": "curl/8.2.1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64fef198-29da0970383150175bd2d76d",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
}
}
Rewrite URI And Set Headers
The following example demonstrates how you can rewrite the request upstream URI and set additional header values. If the same headers present in the client request, the corresponding header values set in the plugin will overwrite the values present in the client request.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"methods": ["GET"],
"uri": "/",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"uri": "/anything",
"headers": {
"set": {
"X-Api-Version": "v1",
"X-Api-Engine": "apisix"
}
}
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a request to verify:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/" -H '"X-Api-Version": "v2"'
You should see a response similar to the following:
{
"args": {},
"data": "",
"files": {},
"form": {},
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "httpbin.org",
"User-Agent": "curl/8.2.1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64fed73a-59cd3bd640d76ab16c97f1f1",
"X-Api-Engine": "apisix",
"X-Api-Version": "v1",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
},
"json": null,
"method": "GET",
"origin": "::1, 103.248.35.179",
"url": "http://localhost/anything"
}
Note that both headers present and the header value of X-Api-Version configured in the plugin overwrites the header value passed in the request.
Rewrite URI And Append Headers
The following example demonstrates how you can rewrite the request upstream URI and append additional header values. If the same headers present in the client request, their headers values will append to the configured header values in the plugin.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"methods": ["GET"],
"uri": "/",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"uri": "/headers",
"headers": {
"add": {
"X-Api-Version": "v1",
"X-Api-Engine": "apisix"
}
}
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a request to verify:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/" -H '"X-Api-Version": "v2"'
You should see a response similar to the following:
{
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "httpbin.org",
"User-Agent": "curl/8.2.1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64fed73a-59cd3bd640d76ab16c97f1f1",
"X-Api-Engine": "apisix",
"X-Api-Version": "v1,v2",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
}
}
Note that both headers present and the header value of X-Api-Version configured in the plugin is appended by the header value passed in the request.
Remove Existing Header
The following example demonstrates how you can remove an existing header User-Agent.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"methods": ["GET"],
"uri": "/headers",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"headers": {
"remove":[
"User-Agent"
]
}
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a request to verify if the specified header is removed:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/headers"
You should see a response similar to the following, where the User-Agent header is not present:
{
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "httpbin.org",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64fef302-07f2b13e0eb006ba776ad91d",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
}
}
Rewrite URI Using RegEx
The following example demonstrates how you can parse text from the original upstream URI path and use them to compose a new upstream URI path. In this example, APISIX is configured to forward all requests from /test/user/agent to /user-agent.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"uri": "/test/*",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"regex_uri": ["^/test/(.*)/(.*)", "/$1-$2"]
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a request to /test/user/agent to check if it is redirected to /user-agent:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/test/user/agent"
You should see a response similar to the following:
{
"user-agent": "curl/8.2.1"
}
Add URL Parameters
The following example demonstrates how you can add URL parameters to the request.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"methods": ["GET"],
"uri": "/get",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"uri": "/get?arg1=apisix&arg2=plugin"
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a request to verify if the URL parameters are also forwarded to upstream:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/get"
You should see a response similar to the following:
{
"args": {
"arg1": "apisix",
"arg2": "plugin"
},
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "127.0.0.1",
"User-Agent": "curl/8.2.1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64fef6dc-2b0e09591db7353a275cdae4",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
},
"origin": "127.0.0.1, 103.248.35.148",
"url": "http://127.0.0.1/get?arg1=apisix&arg2=plugin"
}
Rewrite HTTP Method
The following example demonstrates how you can rewrite a GET request into a POST request.
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "proxy-rewrite-route",
"methods": ["GET"],
"uri": "/get",
"plugins": {
"proxy-rewrite": {
"uri": "/anything",
"method":"POST"
}
},
"upstream": {
"type": "roundrobin",
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org:80": 1
}
}
}'
Send a GET request to /get to verify if it is transformed into a POST request to /anything:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9080/get"
You should see a response similar to the following:
{
"args": {},
"data": "",
"files": {},
"form": {},
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "127.0.0.1",
"User-Agent": "curl/8.2.1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-64fef7de-0c63387645353998196317f2",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
},
"json": null,
"method": "POST",
"origin": "::1, 103.248.35.179",
"url": "http://localhost/anything"
}
Forward Consumer Names to Upstream
The following example demonstrates how you can forward the name of consumers who authenticates successfully to upstream services. As an example, you will be using key-auth as the authentication method.
Create a consumer JohnDoe and enable the key-auth plugin:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/consumers" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"username": "JohnDoe",
"plugins": {
"key-auth": {
"key": "john-key"
}
}
}'
Next, create a route with key authentication enabled, and configure proxy-rewrite to add consumer name to the header:
curl "http://127.0.0.1:9180/apisix/admin/routes" -X PUT \
-H "X-API-KEY: ${ADMIN_API_KEY}" \
-d '{
"id": "consumer-restricted-route",
"uri": "/get",
"plugins": {
"key-auth": {},
"proxy-rewrite": {
"headers": {
"set": {
"X-Apisix-Consumer": "$consumer_name"
},
"remove": [ "Apikey" ]
}
}
},
"upstream" : {
"nodes": {
"httpbin.org":1
}
}
}'
❶ Add the consumer name to the header X-Apisix-Consumer using the built-in variables.
❷ Remove the authentication key so that it is not visible to the upstream service.
Send a request to the route as consumer JohnDoe:
curl -i "http://127.0.0.1:9080/get" -H 'apikey: john-key'
You should receive an HTTP/1.1 200 OK response with the following body:
{
"args": {},
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Host": "127.0.0.1",
"User-Agent": "curl/8.4.0",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-664b01a6-2163c0156ed4bff51d87d877",
"X-Apisix-Consumer": "JohnDoe",
"X-Forwarded-Host": "127.0.0.1"
},
"origin": "172.19.0.1, 203.12.12.12",
"url": "http://127.0.0.1/get"
}
Send another request to the route without the valid credential:
curl -i "http://127.0.0.1:9080/get"
You should receive an HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden response.