Re: [squid-users] Squid forwarding PURGE requests to other services/APIs

On 22/03/2013 6:48 a.m., Matthew O'Brien wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to make PURGE requests to an external API. However, I am on a
> network that only allows access to the internet via a Squid proxy.
>
> My question is, how can I configure Squid to *forward on* PURGE
> requests to other services/APIs, e.g.
>
> curl -X PURGE -x my_squid:3128 http://www.some-api-to-purge.com/purge-endpoint
>
> Is it possible? So far, I've been unsuccessful with variations on,
>
> acl PURGE method PURGE
> http_access allow PURGE ...
>
> Also, looking at the docs, I can't work out how CONNECT or
> cache_peer/cache_peer_domain would help either.
>
> Thanks in advance

No there is not. PURGE is a method created *specifically* for
controlling Squid caches. There are several known issues with using it
on modern web traffic and it has since been replaced by HTCP CLR messages.

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Amos
Received on Fri Mar 22 2013 - 04:19:38 MDT