[users@httpd] Reverse proxy with response update (once again)

[FRAS Eddy RD-TECH-REN <ed...@francetelecom.com>]

I re-post this question, I'm sure someone will be able to tell me at least if it's feasible or not.
I'd like to use httpd as a reverse proxy and modify the response sent by the remote server with an XSL treatment (via a servlet for example).
Is mod-proxy or mod_rewrite able to do that ?
 
Thanks a lot,
 
Eddy
 


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	De : FRAS Eddy RD-TECH [mailto:eddy.fras@francetelecom.com] 
	Envoyé : mardi 14 mars 2006 14:18
	À : users@httpd.apache.org
	Objet : [users@httpd] Reverse proxy with response update
	
	

	Hi all, 

	I'm trying to have a special architecture I'm managing with my own java application for now. 
	The current flow is : 
	1. Send a request to a reverse proxy server (java servlet on tomcat), for example : http://myreverseproxy/GO_TO_www.anotherserver.com/a_page.xml <http://myreverseproxy/GO_TO_www.anotherserver.com/a_page.xml> 

	2. The servlet fetches content from the remote host, here www.anotherserver.com/a_page.xml <file://www.anotherserver.com/a_page.xml>  
	3. When the servlet receives the page, it applies an XSL on the page and send the result to the client. 

	The flow I would like to have is the same but with Apache having the role of the reverse proxy server and remove the reverse proxy stuff from my java application.

	With mod_proxy and mod_rewrite, I was able to have the content fetch from a server I specify in the URL but I really don't know if it's possible to pass the content fetched from a remote host to my java app for XSL treatment.

	I had a look to mod_proxy_ajp but it seems to only allow redirecting the request to tomcat, not the response. 
	Is my idea unfeasible with Apache ? 

	Eddy Fras 
	France Télécom 
	R&D 
	TECH/IRIS 
	Ingénieur d'études 
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	e-mail : eddy.fras@francetelecom.com 
	Téléphone : (33) 2 99 12 46 77 
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[users@httpd] Re: Reverse proxy with response update (once again)

[Joost de Heer <sa...@xs4all.nl>]

FRAS Eddy RD-TECH-REN wrote:
> I re-post this question, I'm sure someone will be able to tell me at least
> if it's feasible or not.
> I'd like to use httpd as a reverse proxy and modify the response sent by
> the remote server with an XSL treatment (via a servlet for example).

Something like mod_proxy_html/xml perhaps? (http://apache.webthing.com)

Joost


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