Is it possible to create multiple Node.js HTTP servers, and access them via a request URL (not a subdomain)?

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Let's say I had a few separate HTTP servers made in node, each with a unique ID attached to them. Is there any way to access them with request URLs based on that id? For example:

Server ifjw48n: accessible via http://example.com/ifjw48n

Server ty58u7e: accessible via http://example.com/ty58u7e

Probably with a proxy server doing routing to each particular nodejs instance. I am assuming that each of your http servers is listening on a different port. — jfriend00
– jfriend00, Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 3:45
If you were using a framework such as express, you could send each route to a completely separate module, yet use the same server (if that's not doable, yes, use a proxy but that simply increases overhead). What is the necessity of running two servers for what appears to be the same domain in your example? — Ezra Morse
– Ezra Morse, Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 3:50
I'm trying to create "private" servers for different clients on a specific request, such as: Client make a POST request containing a variable, and a webserver is created using that variable in it. — skeeballassault
– skeeballassault, Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 16:19

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:13:35Z

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It appears you can do this with nginx used as a routing proxy. Similar question in a different stackexchange forum answered here: Routing to various node.js servers on same machine.

From that answer, here's a sample config that does routing based on the URL:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    location /foo {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
    }

    location /bar {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9001;
    }

    location /baz {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:9002;
    }
}

edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:13

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jfriend00 Over a year ago

@skeeballassault - does this answer work for you? Anything else you need?

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