Nodejs - Dynamic express subdomains with vhost

Question

Id like to dynamically create subdomains for different proxies, like so:

var app = require('express')();
var proxy = require('express-http-proxy');
var vhost = require('vhost');

app.get('/make', function (req, res) {
    app.use(vhost('sub1.mysite.com', proxy("www.example.com")));
});
app.listen(8080);

What's the best way to accomplish this? The problem seems to be calling app.use() after the server is created.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '16 at 15:38

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app.get should send back something to the client else the client will retry and then timeout.

var app = require('express')();
var proxy = require('express-http-proxy');
var vhost = require('vhost');

app.get('/make', function (req, res) {
    app.use(vhost('sub1.mysite.com', proxy("www.example.com")));

    res.send('Created'); // <----- Send reply to client
});
app.listen(8080);

answered Sep 17 '16 at 15:38

John Siu

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Thanks. I could have sworn I tested this and it didn't work; – Orane Sep 17 '16 at 15:50
anybody can answer this problem – Tony George Sep 20 '21 at 10:09

Nodejs - Dynamic express subdomains with vhost

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