Proxy

The Proxy middleware forwards requests to one or more upstream servers.

Signatures

// Balancer creates a load balancer among multiple upstream servers.
func Balancer(config Config) fiber.Handler
// Forward performs the given http request and fills the given http response.
func Forward(addr string, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) fiber.Handler
// Do performs the given http request and fills the given http response.
func Do(c fiber.Ctx, addr string, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) error
// DoRedirects performs the given http request and fills the given http response while following up to maxRedirectsCount redirects.
func DoRedirects(c fiber.Ctx, addr string, maxRedirectsCount int, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) error
// DoDeadline performs the given request and waits for response until the given deadline.
func DoDeadline(c fiber.Ctx, addr string, deadline time.Time, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) error
// DoTimeout performs the given request and waits for response during the given timeout duration.
func DoTimeout(c fiber.Ctx, addr string, timeout time.Duration, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) error
// DomainForward performs the given http request based on the provided domain and fills the given http response.
func DomainForward(hostname string, addr string, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) fiber.Handler
// BalancerForward performs the given http request based round robin balancer and fills the given http response.
func BalancerForward(servers []string, clients ...*fasthttp.Client) fiber.Handler

Examples

Import the middleware package:

import (
    "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3"
    "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v3/middleware/proxy"
)

Once your Fiber app is initialized, you can use the middleware as shown:

// Use proxy.WithClient to set a global custom client.
proxy.WithClient(&fasthttp.Client{
    NoDefaultUserAgentHeader: true,
    DisablePathNormalizing:   true,
    // Allow self-signed certificates when proxying to HTTPS targets.
    TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
        InsecureSkipVerify: true,
    },
})

// Forward requests for a specific domain with proxy.DomainForward.
app.Get("/payments", proxy.DomainForward("docs.gofiber.io", "http://localhost:8000"))

// Forward to a URL using a custom client
app.Get("/gif", proxy.Forward("https://i.imgur.com/IWaBepg.gif", &fasthttp.Client{
    NoDefaultUserAgentHeader: true, 
    DisablePathNormalizing:   true,
}))

// Make a proxied request within a handler
app.Get("/:id", func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
    url := "https://i.imgur.com/" + c.Params("id") + ".gif"
    if err := proxy.Do(c, url); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    // Remove Server header from response
    c.Response().Header.Del(fiber.HeaderServer)
    return nil
})

// Proxy requests while following redirects
app.Get("/proxy", func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
    if err := proxy.DoRedirects(c, "http://google.com", 3); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    // Remove Server header from response
    c.Response().Header.Del(fiber.HeaderServer)
    return nil
})

// Proxy requests and wait up to five seconds before timing out
app.Get("/proxy", func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
    if err := proxy.DoTimeout(c, "http://localhost:3000", time.Second * 5); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    // Remove Server header from response
    c.Response().Header.Del(fiber.HeaderServer)
    return nil
})

// Proxy requests with a deadline one minute from now
app.Get("/proxy", func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
    if err := proxy.DoDeadline(c, "http://localhost", time.Now().Add(time.Minute)); err != nil {
        return err
    }
    // Remove Server header from response
    c.Response().Header.Del(fiber.HeaderServer)
    return nil
})

// Minimal round-robin balancer
app.Use(proxy.Balancer(proxy.Config{
    Servers: []string{
        "http://localhost:3001",
        "http://localhost:3002",
        "http://localhost:3003",
    },
}))

// Keep the Connection header when proxying
app.Use(proxy.Balancer(proxy.Config{
    Servers: []string{
        "http://localhost:3001",
    },
    KeepConnectionHeader: true,
}))

// Or extend your balancer for customization
app.Use(proxy.Balancer(proxy.Config{
    Servers: []string{
        "http://localhost:3001",
        "http://localhost:3002",
        "http://localhost:3003",
    },
    ModifyRequest: func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
        c.Request().Header.Add("X-Real-IP", c.IP())
        return nil
    },
    ModifyResponse: func(c fiber.Ctx) error {
        c.Response().Header.Del(fiber.HeaderServer)
        return nil
    },
}))

// Or this way if the balancer is using https and the destination server is only using http.
app.Use(proxy.BalancerForward([]string{
    "http://localhost:3001",
    "http://localhost:3002",
    "http://localhost:3003",
}))


// Make round robin balancer with IPv6 support.
app.Use(proxy.Balancer(proxy.Config{
    Servers: []string{
        "http://[::1]:3001",
        "http://127.0.0.1:3002",
        "http://localhost:3003",
    },
    // Enable TCP4 and TCP6 network stacks.
    DialDualStack: true,
}))

Config

Property	Type	Description	Default
Next	func(fiber.Ctx) bool	Next defines a function to skip this middleware when it returns true.	nil
Servers	[]string	Servers defines a list of <scheme>://<host> HTTP servers, which are used in a round-robin manner. i.e.: "https://foobar.com, http://www.foobar.com"	(Required)
ModifyRequest	fiber.Handler	ModifyRequest allows you to alter the request.	nil
ModifyResponse	fiber.Handler	ModifyResponse allows you to alter the response.	nil
Timeout	time.Duration	Timeout is the request timeout used when calling the proxy client.	1 second
ReadBufferSize	int	Per-connection buffer size for requests' reading. This also limits the maximum header size. Increase this buffer if your clients send multi-KB RequestURIs and/or multi-KB headers (for example, BIG cookies).	(Not specified)
WriteBufferSize	int	Per-connection buffer size for responses' writing.	(Not specified)
KeepConnectionHeader	bool	Keeps the Connection header when set to true. By default the header is removed to comply with RFC 7230 §6.1 and avoid proxy loops.	false
TLSConfig	*tls.Config	TLS config for the HTTP client.	nil
DialDualStack	bool	Client will attempt to connect to both IPv4 and IPv6 host addresses if set to true.	false
Client	*fasthttp.LBClient	Client is a custom client when client config is complex.	nil

Default Config

var ConfigDefault = Config{
    Next:           nil,
    ModifyRequest:  nil,
    ModifyResponse: nil,
    Timeout:        fasthttp.DefaultLBClientTimeout,
    KeepConnectionHeader: false,
}