A way to add new routes?

[Qard]

Say I have a server at example.com and each time a user signs up I want to spin up a new node process that maps to username.example.com, is there an easy way to add this to the route list if I'm using hostname routing, or will I need to just use the custom logic mode?

I'm thinking it'd be handy to be able to do something like this;

var proxy = httpProxy.createServer(options);
proxy.addHost('username.example.com', '127.0.0.1:9000');

[Marak]

@Qard I think it might make the most sense to use the custom logic mode for now.

If you do really like this sugar sytnax, I think we would accept a pull request for it. You want to try a few commits to get it started?

[Qard]

No problem, that'll work for now. I might take a crack at it on the weekend, if I can find the time.

[Marak]

Cool! Even if you can post an attempt, I'm sure it would help guide the next person who wants to implement this :-)

[ghost]

Yeah I would also be interested by such a feature, actualy having both addHost and removeHost would make it really easier to adapt this proxy to a changing server environment... Some news about it??

[Irrelon]

Agreed, that would rock. I'm gonna see if I can code this now...

[Irrelon]

I've created a system that allows you to do this now. It uses node-http-proxy and allows on-the-fly updates to the routing table without having to shutdown and restart the service: http://www.isogenicengine.com/2011/07/25/node-js-domain-to-hostport-router/

[tglines]

I submitted a pull request for an attempt following the style you guys were looking for here:

#195