capture/README.md

**Capture** is a reverse proxy that takes an incoming HTTP request and sends it to another server,
proxying the response back to the client, while showing them in a dashboard.

Forked from [ofabricio/capture](https://github.com/ofabricio/capture).

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## Running

```
./capture -url=https://example.com/ -port 9000 -dashboard 9001 -captures 16
```

#### Settings

| param        | description |
|--------------|-------------|
| `-url`       | **Required.** Set the url you want to proxy |
| `-port`      | Set the proxy port. Default: *9000* |
| `-dashboard` | Set the dashboard port. Default: *9001* |
| `-captures`  | Set how many captures to show in the dashboard. Default: *16* |


You can create a file named `.capture.ini` and set the configuration inside:

```
url = https://example.com/
port = 9000
dashboard = 9001
captures = 16
```

## Using

If you set your base url as `http://example.com/api`, now `http://localhost:9000` points to that
address. Hence, calling `http://localhost:9000/users/1` is like calling `http://example.com/api/users/1`

*Capture* saves all requests and responses so that you can see them in the dashboard.


## Dashboard

To access the dashboard go to `http://localhost:9001/`

##### Preview

![dashboard](https://upload.deblan.org/u/2023-05/64746afd.png)

## Building

Manually:

```
git clone --depth 1 https://gitnet.fr/deblan/capture.git
cd capture
go build
```

Via docker:

```
git clone --depth 1 https://gitnet.fr/deblan/capture.git
cd capture
docker run --rm -v $PWD:/src -w /src -e GOOS=darwin -e GOARCH=amd64 golang:alpine go build
```

Now you have an executable binary in your directory.

**Note:** change `GOOS=darwin` to `linux` or `windows` to create an executable for your corresponding Operating System.

## Plugins

Put [plugin](https://golang.org/pkg/plugin/) files in the current directory.
They are loaded sorted by filename on startup.

Plugins must export the following function:

```go
func Handler(proxy http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
    return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        proxy(w, r)
    }
}
```