Directives

Directives can be thought of “commands” that are applied if the router gets to a certain point. They are used to control the flow of the router including the ability to redirect, cancel, or modify the request.

debug, log, warn, err

These directives are used to log messages to the console. They are useful for debugging and monitoring the router.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - debug "This is a debug message"
    - log "This is a log message"
    - warn "This is a warning message"
    - err "This is an error message"

proxy-host

This directive is used to change the host of the request. This changes the Host header of the request before it is proxied.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - proxy-host example.com

path

The path directive is used to change the path of the request. This changes the Path of the request before it is proxied. Note that although proxy-host will not affect the router, path will.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - path /new-path
    - site.com/new-path: log "Hit new path"

The above example will change the path of the request to /new-path which will always hit the site.com/new-path route.

path-join

The path-join directive is used to change the path similar to path but it will do so relative to the current path.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - path /new-path
    - path-join ./sub-path

The above example will change the path of the request to /new-path/sub-path.

path-ljoin

The path-ljoin directive is used to change the path by performing a left join with the current path.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - path /new-path
    - path-ljoin /sub-path

The above example will change the path of the request to /sub-path/new-path.

path-trim

The path-trim directive is used to trim the path of the request. This will remove the suffix from the path.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - path /new-path
    - path-trim /new-path

The above example will change the path of the request to /.

path-ltrim

The path-ltrim directive is used to trim the path of the request. This will remove the prefix from the path.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - path /new-path
    - path-ltrim /new-path

The above example will change the path of the request to /.

header, proxy-header

The header directive is used to set a header on the response, while the proxy-header directive is used to set a header on the request.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - header X-Header "Value"
    - proxy-header X-Header "Value"

add-header, add-proxy-header

The add-header directive is used to add a header to the response, while the add-proxy-header directive is used to add a header to the request.

Difference between header and add-header is that header will replace the header if it already exists, while add-header will add the header to the existing headers.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - header X-Header "Value"
    - add-header X-Header "Value2"

This will result in the X-Header header having the value Value, Value2.

del-header, del-proxy-header

The del-header directive is used to delete a header from the response, while the del-proxy-header directive is used to delete a header from the request.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - del-header X-Header
    - del-proxy-header X-Header

rewrite

The rewrite directive is used to rewrite the request path. It is used to change the path of the request before it is proxied.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - rewrite /hi/(.*) /hello/$1.txt

The above example will change the path of the request from /hi/there to /hello/there.txt.

status

The status directive is used to set the status code of the response, and then abort the request.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - status 404

return

Similar to status, the return directive is used to set the status code of the response, and then abort the request. But it also allows you to set a message in the response.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - return 404 "Not Found"

redirect

The redirect directive is used to redirect the request to another URL.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - redirect "https://example.com"

abort

The abort directive is used to abort the request, which will reset the connection.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - abort

drop

The drop directive is used to drop the request from the current mux.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - site.com/hi/:
        - site.com/hi/there: drop
        - return 200
    - return 404

In the above example, if the request is /hi/there, it will be dropped and the response will be 404, whereas /hi/mark will return 200.

internal

The internal directive is used to mark the route as internal. This is used to prevent the route from being accessed directly, and can only be accessed from within the router and from a local request.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - internal

allow-internal

The allow-internal directive is used to allow internal requests to access the route.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - allow-internal
    - internal
    - return 200

with the above example, the route can only be accessed from within the router and from a local request, but since we have allow-internal, it will allow bypass this restriction.

portal

Generally, from within a router, you are not allowed to change between virtual hosts. The portal directive is used to allow you to ‘portal’ to another virtual host, and additionally mark the request as internal. This may cause a restart loop if not used correctly, so use with caution.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - portal https://example.com
example.com:
  router:
    - internal
    - return 200

In the above example, if the request is to site.com, it will portal to the example.com virtual host and return 200. But if the request is to example.com, it will be 403 because it is marked as internal.

write-timeout, read-timeout

The write-timeout and read-timeout directives are used to set the write and read deadlines of the response.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - write-timeout 30s
    - read-timeout 5s

auth

The auth directive is used to set basic authentication on the route.

site.com, site.local:
  router:
    - auth Realm root:1234