NAME

Plack::Middleware::Proxy::Requests - Forward proxy server

SYNOPSIS

# In app.psgi
use Plack::Builder;
use Plack::App::Proxy;

builder {
    enable "Proxy::Connect";
    enable "Proxy::AddVia";
    enable "Proxy::Requests";
    Plack::App::Proxy->new->to_app;
};
# From shell
plackup -s Twiggy -E Proxy -e 'enable q{AccessLog}' app.psgi

# or
twiggy -MPlack::App::Proxy \
        -e 'enable q{AccessLog}; enable q{Proxy::Connect}; \
            enable q{Proxy::AddVia}; enable q{Proxy::Requests}; \
            Plack::App::Proxy->new->to_app'

DESCRIPTION

This module handles HTTP requests as a forward proxy server.

Its job is to set a plack.proxy.url environment variable based on REQUEST_URI variable.

The HTTP responses from the Internet might be invalid. In that case it is required to run the server without Plack::Middleware::Lint module. This module is started by default and disabled if -E or --no-default-middleware option is used when starting plackup script. Note that this disables also Plack::Middleware::AccessLog so it has to be enabled explicitly if needed.

The default server Plack::Server::PSGI alias Standalone can hang up on the stalled connection. It is better to run a proxy server with Starlet, Starman or Twiggy.

SEE ALSO

Plack, Plack::App::Proxy, Plack::Middleware::Proxy::Connect, Plack::Middleware::Proxy::AddVia, Starlet, Starman, Twiggy.

BUGS

If you find the bug or want to implement new features, please report it at https://github.com/dex4er/perl-Plack-Middleware-Proxy-Requests/issues

The code repository is available at http://github.com/dex4er/perl-Plack-Middleware-Proxy-Requests

AUTHOR

Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@cpan.org>

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2012-2013, 2023 Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html