Re: [squid-users] Serve JSON object on access denial?

Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to make Squid serve a JSON object when access to some
> proxied resource is denied?
>
> I use Squid as a reverse proxy to control access to CouchDB database
> (which by itself does not have any access control yet). In the case of
> error, CouchDB serves a specifically-formatted JSON object. I would
> like to be able to serve a similar JSON object (with content-type
> "application/json") if the proxy denies access, instead of a HTML
> page.

In 2.6+ and 3.0+ you can point deny_info at any URL you like. Including
a script that produces JSON objects and the appropriate HTTP mime
headers for them. Whatever they are.

Amos

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