Spring Data Rest - Proxy path not including link path

Question

I'm proxying a Spring REST backend like so:

Backend: http://backend:8080

Proxied localhost:

localhost:3000/api/backend -> http://backend:8080

If I browse locally to a proxied endpoint, it will proxy the request, the links, however, do not include the proxy path, i.e.

GET localhost:3000/api/backend/people

"href": "http://localhost:3000/people"

I would expect this to be:

"href": "http://localhost:3000/api/backend/people"

There any way to fix this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should have a look at the x-forwarded-*headers your proxy is adding to the request.

If the request from your proxy to the backend contains the header x-forwarded-prefix=/api/backend spring will pick up the prefix and add it to the generated link.

You do not mention which proxy are you using so I cannot tell if your proxy supports adding the x-forwarded-prefix header.