reverse-proxy

[package]
name = "example-reverse-proxy"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
axum = { path = "../../axum" }
hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
hyper-util = { version = "0.1.1", features = ["client-legacy"] }
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
//! Reverse proxy listening in "localhost:4000" will proxy all requests to "localhost:3000"
//! endpoint.
//!
//! Run with
//!
//! ```not_rust
//! cargo run -p example-reverse-proxy
//! ```

use axum::{
    body::Body,
    extract::{Request, State},
    http::uri::Uri,
    response::{IntoResponse, Response},
    routing::get,
    Router,
};
use hyper::StatusCode;
use hyper_util::{client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector, rt::TokioExecutor};

type Client = hyper_util::client::legacy::Client<HttpConnector, Body>;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    tokio::spawn(server());

    let client: Client =
        hyper_util::client::legacy::Client::<(), ()>::builder(TokioExecutor::new())
            .build(HttpConnector::new());

    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(handler)).with_state(client);

    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:4000")
        .await
        .unwrap();
    println!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
}

async fn handler(State(client): State<Client>, mut req: Request) -> Result<Response, StatusCode> {
    let path = req.uri().path();
    let path_query = req
        .uri()
        .path_and_query()
        .map(|v| v.as_str())
        .unwrap_or(path);

    let uri = format!("http://127.0.0.1:3000{}", path_query);

    *req.uri_mut() = Uri::try_from(uri).unwrap();

    Ok(client
        .request(req)
        .await
        .map_err(|_| StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST)?
        .into_response())
}

async fn server() {
    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, world!" }));

    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
        .await
        .unwrap();
    println!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
}

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