Forward a request to an upstream URL and relay its response

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/callSign in to see this endpoint's URL

Returns 200 with the upstream status, statusText and raw body (as a string) whatever the upstream status was.

Note: Forwards any HTTP request server-side and returns the upstream status and raw body.

Request body

Optional. application/json, text/json, application/*+json, application/xml, text/xml, application/*+xml. Model: ApiRequestData. endpointUrl (absolute http or https URL), methodName (GET, POST, ...) and an optional requestBody, sent as JSON except for GET and HEAD.

Example body

{"endpointUrl": "https://httpbin.org/get", "methodName": "GET", "requestBody": ""}

Responses

200: Upstream status, statusText and body.
400: endpointUrl isn't an absolute http(s) URL, or methodName is missing.
502: The upstream request failed or timed out.

Example

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"endpointUrl": "https://httpbin.org/get", "methodName": "GET", "requestBody": ""}' \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response200 OK

{
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "body": {\n  \args\: {}, \n  \headers\: {\n    \Host\: \httpbin.org\, \n    \Traceparent\: \00-28f8fb2606d6a8a5236ddc630313607a-65e44e7a…
}

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curl -X POST 'https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{"endpointUrl": "https://httpbin.org/get", "methodName": "GET", "requestBody": ""}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: "{\"endpointUrl\": \"https://httpbin.org/get\", \"methodName\": \"GET\", \"requestBody\": \"\"}",
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: "{\"endpointUrl\": \"https://httpbin.org/get\", \"methodName\": \"GET\", \"requestBody\": \"\"}",
});
const body: string = await res.text();
console.log(res.status, body);

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    data="{\"endpointUrl\": \"https://httpbin.org/get\", \"methodName\": \"GET\", \"requestBody\": \"\"}",
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)

using System.Net.Http.Headers;

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.Content = new StringContent("{\"endpointUrl\": \"https://httpbin.org/get\", \"methodName\": \"GET\", \"requestBody\": \"\"}");
request.Content.Headers.ContentType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call"))
                .header("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"endpointUrl\": \"https://httpbin.org/get\", \"methodName\": \"GET\", \"requestBody\": \"\"}"))
                .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader("{\"endpointUrl\": \"https://httpbin.org/get\", \"methodName\": \"GET\", \"requestBody\": \"\"}")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	data, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(data))
}

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/Proxy/call