redirecter

redirecter is a very small and simple Python application written with aiohttp which redirects HTTP requests to another server of your choice, maintaining the path part of the request.

For example, if you configured the remote server to http://example.com, then a request to redirecter at http://localhost:8000/foo/bar?stuff=things would redirect to http://example.com/foo/bar?stuff=things.

Running with Docker

The easiest way to run is with the pre-built Docker image. The configuration is done via environment variables and should be self explanatory:

$ docker run --detach --publish 80:8000 --restart always --name redirecter \
    --env "REDIRECTER_TARGET=http://example.com" \
    --env "REDIRECTER_HOST=0.0.0.0" \
    --env "REDIRECTER_PORT=8000" \
    aaron465/redirecter:latest

Note: Do NOT include a trailing slash ('/') on the REDIRECTER_TARGET variable; this is not currently handled and will result in a double slash in the redirected URL.

Running with Python

If you'd prefer to run with Python directly, rather than inside Docker, then this is for you:

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.5+

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ REDIRECTER_TARGET="http://example.com" REDIRECTER_HOST="0.0.0.0" \
    REDIRECTER_PORT="8000" python redirecter.py