villadora/express-http-proxy

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Express/Connect middleware that proxies HTTP requests to another host and passes the response back to the original caller. It provides hooks to filter and decorate requests and responses during proxying.

Use cases

• proxy api requests to a backend service from an express app
• forward /api routes to another host
• add headers to proxied requests in express
• hide backend server behind an express gateway
• rewrite request paths when proxying
• filter or modify proxy responses before returning to client

When to choose

• you already use Express or Connect and need request proxying as middleware
• you need fine-grained hooks to decorate or filter proxied requests and responses
• you want a lightweight reverse proxy inside a Node.js app

When to avoid

• you need a full standalone reverse proxy or load balancer (use nginx, HAProxy, or http-proxy)
• your app does not use Express or Connect
• you need advanced proxy features like WebSockets or TLS termination

Facets

library · maturity stable

middleware proxy http-server routing web-development backend apis networking express http-proxy reverse-proxy connect-middleware nodejs

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