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# HTTP proxy service with libp2p
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This example shows how to create a simple HTTP proxy service with libp2p:
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```
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XXX
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XX XXXXXX
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X XX
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XXXXXXX XX XX XXXXXXXXXX
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+----------------+ +-----------------+ XXX XXX XXX XXX
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HTTP Request | | | | XX XX
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+-----------------> | libp2p stream | | HTTP X X
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| Local peer <----------------> Remote peer <-------------> HTTP SERVER - THE INTERNET XX
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<-----------------+ | | | Req & Resp XX X
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HTTP Response | libp2p host | | libp2p host | XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX
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+----------------+ +-----------------+ XXXXX
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```
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In order to proxy an HTTP request, we create a local peer which listens on `localhost:9900`. HTTP requests performed to that address are tunneled via a libp2p stream to a remote peer, which then performs the HTTP requests and sends the response back to the local peer, which relays it to the user.
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Note that this is a very simple approach to a proxy, and does not perform any header management, nor supports HTTPS. The `proxy.go` code is thoroughly commented, detailing what is happening in every step.
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## Build
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From the `go-libp2p/examples` directory run the following:
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```
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> cd http-proxy/
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> go build
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```
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## Usage
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First run the "remote" peer as follows. It will print a local peer address. If you would like to run this on a separate machine, please replace the IP accordingly:
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```sh
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> ./http-proxy
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Proxy server is ready
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libp2p-peer addresses:
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/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/12000/p2p/QmddTrQXhA9AkCpXPTkcY7e22NK73TwkUms3a44DhTKJTD
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```
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Then run the local peer, indicating that it will need to forward http requests to the remote peer as follows:
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```
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> ./http-proxy -d /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/12000/p2p/QmddTrQXhA9AkCpXPTkcY7e22NK73TwkUms3a44DhTKJTD
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Proxy server is ready
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libp2p-peer addresses:
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/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/12001/p2p/Qmaa2AYTha1UqcFVX97p9R1UP7vbzDLY7bqWsZw1135QvN
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proxy listening on 127.0.0.1:9900
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```
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As you can see, the proxy prints the listening address `127.0.0.1:9900`. You can now use this address as a proxy, for example with `curl`:
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```
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> curl -x "127.0.0.1:9900" "http://ipfs.io/p2p/QmfUX75pGRBRDnjeoMkQzuQczuCup2aYbeLxz5NzeSu9G6"
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it works!
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```
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