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Last Updated: 3/9/2026

Proxy Helper

Proxy Helper provides useful functions when using Hono application as a (reverse) proxy.

Import

import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { proxy } from 'hono/proxy'

proxy()

proxy() is a fetch() API wrapper for proxy. The parameters and return value are the same as for fetch() (except for the proxy-specific options).

The Accept-Encoding header is replaced with an encoding that the current runtime can handle. Unnecessary response headers are deleted, and a Response object is returned that you can return as a response from the handler.

Examples

Simple usage:

app.get('/proxy/:path', (c) => {
  return proxy(`http://${originServer}/${c.req.param('path')}`)
})

Complicated usage:

app.get('/proxy/:path', async (c) => {
  const res = await proxy(
    `http://${originServer}/${c.req.param('path')}`,
    {
      headers: {
        ...c.req.header(), // optional, specify only when forwarding all the request data (including credentials) is necessary.
        'X-Forwarded-For': '127.0.0.1',
        'X-Forwarded-Host': c.req.header('host'),
        Authorization: undefined, // do not propagate request headers contained in c.req.header('Authorization')
      },
    }
  )
  res.headers.delete('Set-Cookie')
  return res
})

Or you can pass the c.req as a parameter.

app.all('/proxy/:path', (c) => {
  return proxy(`http://${originServer}/${c.req.param('path')}`, {
    ...c.req, // optional, specify only when forwarding all the request data (including credentials) is necessary.
    headers: {
      ...c.req.header(),
      'X-Forwarded-For': '127.0.0.1',
      'X-Forwarded-Host': c.req.header('host'),
      Authorization: undefined, // do not propagate request headers contained in c.req.header('Authorization')
    },
  })
})

You can override the default global fetch function with the customFetch option:

app.get('/proxy', (c) => {
  return proxy('https://example.com/', {
    customFetch,
  })
})

Connection Header Processing

By default, proxy() ignores the Connection header to prevent Hop-by-Hop Header Injection attacks. You can enable strict RFC 9110 compliance with the strictConnectionProcessing option:

// Default behavior (recommended for untrusted clients)
app.get('/proxy/:path', (c) => {
  return proxy(`http://${originServer}/${c.req.param('path')}`, c.req)
})
 
// Strict RFC 9110 compliance (use only in trusted environments)
app.get('/internal-proxy/:path', (c) => {
  return proxy(`http://${internalServer}/${c.req.param('path')}`, {
    ...c.req,
    strictConnectionProcessing: true,
  })
})

ProxyFetch

The type of proxy() is defined as ProxyFetch and is as follows

interface ProxyRequestInit extends Omit<RequestInit, 'headers'> {
  raw?: Request
  customFetch?: (request: Request) => Promise<Response>
  strictConnectionProcessing?: boolean
  headers?:
    | HeadersInit
    | [string, string][]
    | Record<RequestHeader, string | undefined>
    | Record<string, string | undefined>
}
 
interface ProxyFetch {
  (
    input: string | URL | Request,
    init?: ProxyRequestInit
  ): Promise<Response>
}
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