Add /absproxy to remove --proxy-path-passthrough

See https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/2222#issuecomment-765235938

Makes way more sense.

src/node/cli.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export interface Args extends VsArgs {
   "show-versions"?: boolean
   "uninstall-extension"?: string[]
   "proxy-domain"?: string[]
-  "proxy-path-passthrough"?: boolean
   locale?: string
   _: string[]
   "reuse-window"?: boolean
@@ -173,10 +172,6 @@ const options: Options<Required<Args>> = {
   "uninstall-extension": { type: "string[]", description: "Uninstall a VS Code extension by id." },
   "show-versions": { type: "boolean", description: "Show VS Code extension versions." },
   "proxy-domain": { type: "string[]", description: "Domain used for proxying ports." },
-  "proxy-path-passthrough": {
-    type: "boolean",
-    description: "Whether the path proxy should leave the /proxy/<port> in the request path when proxying.",
-  },
   "ignore-last-opened": {
     type: "boolean",
     short: "e",

src/node/routes/index.ts

@@ -103,8 +103,25 @@ export const register = async (
   app.use("/", domainProxy.router)
   wsApp.use("/", domainProxy.wsRouter.router)
 
-  app.use("/proxy", proxy.router)
+  app.all("/proxy/(:port)(/*)?", (req, res) => {
-  wsApp.use("/proxy", proxy.wsRouter.router)
+    proxy.proxy(req, res)
+  })
+  wsApp.get("/proxy/(:port)(/*)?", (req, res) => {
+    proxy.wsProxy(req as WebsocketRequest)
+  })
+  // These two routes pass through the path directly.
+  // So the proxied app must be aware it is running
+  // under /absproxy/<someport>/
+  app.all("/absproxy/(:port)(/*)?", (req, res) => {
+    proxy.proxy(req, res, {
+      passthroughPath: true,
+    })
+  })
+  wsApp.get("/absproxy/(:port)(/*)?", (req, res) => {
+    proxy.wsProxy(req as WebsocketRequest, {
+      passthroughPath: true,
+    })
+  })
 
   app.use(bodyParser.json())
   app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }))

src/node/routes/pathProxy.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-import { Request, Router } from "express"
+import { Request, Response } from "express"
+import * as path from "path"
 import qs from "qs"
 import { HttpCode, HttpError } from "../../common/http"
 import { normalize } from "../../common/util"
 import { authenticated, ensureAuthenticated, redirect } from "../http"
-import { proxy } from "../proxy"
+import { proxy as _proxy } from "../proxy"
-import { Router as WsRouter } from "../wsRouter"
+import { WebsocketRequest } from "../wsRouter"
 
-export const router = Router()
+const getProxyTarget = (req: Request, passthroughPath?: boolean): string => {
-
-const getProxyTarget = (req: Request, passthroughPath: boolean): string => {
   if (passthroughPath) {
     return `http://0.0.0.0:${req.params.port}/${req.originalUrl}`
   }
@@ -16,7 +15,13 @@ const getProxyTarget = (req: Request, passthroughPath: boolean): string => {
   return `http://0.0.0.0:${req.params.port}/${req.params[0] || ""}${query ? `?${query}` : ""}`
 }
 
-router.all("/(:port)(/*)?", (req, res) => {
+export function proxy(
+  req: Request,
+  res: Response,
+  opts?: {
+    passthroughPath?: boolean
+  },
+): void {
   if (!authenticated(req)) {
     // If visiting the root (/:port only) redirect to the login page.
     if (!req.params[0] || req.params[0] === "/") {
@@ -28,22 +33,27 @@ router.all("/(:port)(/*)?", (req, res) => {
     throw new HttpError("Unauthorized", HttpCode.Unauthorized)
   }
 
-  if (!req.args["proxy-path-passthrough"]) {
+  if (!opts?.passthroughPath) {
     // Absolute redirects need to be based on the subpath when rewriting.
-    ;(req as any).base = `${req.baseUrl}/${req.params.port}`
+    // See proxy.ts.
+    ;(req as any).base = req.path.split(path.sep).slice(0, 3).join(path.sep)
   }
 
-  proxy.web(req, res, {
+  _proxy.web(req, res, {
     ignorePath: true,
-    target: getProxyTarget(req, req.args["proxy-path-passthrough"] || false),
+    target: getProxyTarget(req, opts?.passthroughPath),
   })
-})
+}
 
-export const wsRouter = WsRouter()
+export function wsProxy(
-
+  req: WebsocketRequest,
-wsRouter.ws("/(:port)(/*)?", ensureAuthenticated, (req) => {
+  opts?: {
-  proxy.ws(req, req.ws, req.head, {
+    passthroughPath?: boolean
+  },
+): void {
+  ensureAuthenticated(req)
+  _proxy.ws(req, req.ws, req.head, {
     ignorePath: true,
-    target: getProxyTarget(req, req.args["proxy-path-passthrough"] || false),
+    target: getProxyTarget(req, opts?.passthroughPath),
   })
-})
+}

test/proxy.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
   const nhooyrDevServer = new httpserver.HttpServer()
   let codeServer: httpserver.HttpServer | undefined
   let proxyPath: string
+  let absProxyPath: string
   let e: express.Express
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
       e(req, res)
     })
     proxyPath = `/proxy/${nhooyrDevServer.port()}/wsup`
+    absProxyPath = proxyPath.replace("/proxy/", "/absproxy/")
   })
 
   afterAll(async () => {
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
   })
 
   it("should not rewrite the base path", async () => {
-    e.get(proxyPath, (req, res) => {
+    e.get(absProxyPath, (req, res) => {
       res.json("joe is the best")
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none", "--proxy-path-passthrough=true"], "")
+    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
-    const resp = await codeServer.fetch(proxyPath)
+    const resp = await codeServer.fetch(absProxyPath)
     expect(resp.status).toBe(200)
     const json = await resp.json()
     expect(json).toBe("joe is the best")
@@ -69,15 +71,15 @@ describe("proxy", () => {
   })
 
   it("should not rewrite redirects", async () => {
-    const finalePath = proxyPath.replace("/wsup", "/finale")
+    const finalePath = absProxyPath.replace("/wsup", "/finale")
-    e.post(proxyPath, (req, res) => {
+    e.post(absProxyPath, (req, res) => {
       res.redirect(307, finalePath)
     })
     e.post(finalePath, (req, res) => {
       res.json("redirect success")
     })
-    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none", "--proxy-path-passthrough=true"], "")
+    ;[, , codeServer] = await integration.setup(["--auth=none"], "")
-    const resp = await codeServer.fetch(proxyPath, {
+    const resp = await codeServer.fetch(absProxyPath, {
       method: "POST",
     })
     expect(resp.status).toBe(200)