package main import ( "log" "net/http" "net/http/httputil" "net/url" "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5" "github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware" ) func main() { apiURL := "https://catfact.ninja" r := chi.NewRouter() r.Use(middleware.Logger) r.Use(middleware.Recoverer) // Parse the API URL parsedURL, err := url.Parse(apiURL) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Failed to parse API URL: %v", err) } r.Handle("/cats", reverseProxy(parsedURL, "/fact")) r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { w.Write([]byte("root.")) }) log.Println("Proxy running on http://localhost:3333") http.ListenAndServe(":3333", r) } // reverseProxy forwards requests to the target URL with path rewriting func reverseProxy(target *url.URL, targetPath string) http.Handler { return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // Create a reverse proxy proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target) // Update the request path to the target API path r.URL.Path = targetPath r.URL.Host = target.Host r.URL.Scheme = target.Scheme // Set the Host header explicitly to match the target r.Host = target.Host // Debug: Log the final URL being proxied log.Printf("Proxying request to: %s%s", target, targetPath) // Serve the proxied request proxy.ServeHTTP(w, r) }) }