Custom headers not received in nodejs while using nginx reverse proxy

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I have nodejs and nginx running i am sending an additional header in the API 'api_key' and its not received in req.headers and req.get('api_key') in nodejs i have bellow configuration file for nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
    server_name mysite.com;
    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
 location / {
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
    proxy_pass http://localhost:9102/;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header api_key $http_api_key; 
    #proxy_set_header api_key 'Some Value'; works 
    proxy_redirect off;
  }
}

If set the value of proxy_set_header api_key 'some value' it works and headers are printed on console but the api_key is subjected to change that's why i am using $http_api_key so that whatever comes in api_key custom header is received as it is sent from rest client. I have tried couple of solutions like proxy_set_header api_key $upstream_http_api_key; but no help. I want to receive any custom header sent from rest client in nodejs.

Add proxy_pass_header api_key; and not set it yourself. See if that helps — Tarun Lalwani
– Tarun Lalwani, Commented Sep 25, 2017 at 7:17

Richard Smith · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-25 08:36:20Z

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By default, nginx does not pass headers containing underscores.

Try:

underscores_in_headers on;

See this document for details.

Alternatively, use API-KEY or X-API-KEY instead of API_KEY.

answered Sep 25, 2017 at 8:36

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Sandeepan Nath Over a year ago

Is there some similar config for node.js server running via forever? This is how we run our application - /bin/forever start -o logs/out.log -e logs/err.log app.js.

user1955934 Over a year ago

im having similar issues, i added underscores_in_headers on; but still undefined... stackoverflow.com/questions/51265803/…

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