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john
Asked: 2016-01-11 15:05:08 +0800 CST

How can I use regular expressions in a nginx location with proxy_pass?

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I would like to do something like:

location ~ ^/authorize/(\w+)$ {        
    proxy_pass http://my.vm/auth;
    proxy_pass_request_body on;
    proxy_set_header MY_CUSTOM_HEADER $1;
    proxy_pass_request_headers on;
}

However, I get the following error message:

nginx: [emerg] "proxy_pass" cannot have URI part in
location given by regular expression, or inside named location,
or inside "if" statement, or inside "limit_except" block in
nginx.conf

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

nginx

1 Answers

  1. The error message is correct, that's not a valid config. There is a workaround a vaguely remember reading about which these other questions describe

    Nginx location regex doesn't work with proxy pass

    Nginx. Using redirects with regular expressions

    There are also plenty of articles to be found via Google. If the workaround above doesn't work you'll have to rethink your approach.

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