Get POST request body in Vite server.proxy["/api"].configure - proxy

Question

I am migrating a project from Webpack to Vite and have run into an issue with proxying requests to one of the endpoints in the MVC.Net backend.
Due to circumstances of the existing project, I need to handle certain calls manually - such as on initial page load of login page, check whether user is already authenticated and redirect to the main page.
I am trying to figure out how to use server.proxy.configure to handle these requests. I am managing fine with the GET requests, but I cannot seem to receive the POST request's body data.
Here is what I have at the moment:
server: {
proxy: {
"/api": {
target: "https://my.local.environment/",
changeOrigin: true,
configure: (proxy: HttpProxy.Server, options: ProxyOptions) => {
proxy.on("proxyReq", (proxyReq, req, res, options) => {
if (req.method === "GET") {
//handle simple get requests. no problems here
//...
} else {
const buffer = [];
console.log("received post request");
proxyReq.on("data", (chunk) => {
console.log("received chunk");
buffer.push(chunk);
});
proxyReq.on("end", () => {
console.log("post request completed");
const body = Buffer.concat(buffer).toString();
const forwardReq = http.request(
{
host: "https://my.local.environment",
port: 443,
method: "POST",
path: req.url,
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Content-Length": data.length,
},
},
(result) => {
result.on("data", (d) => {
res.write(d);
res.end();
});
}
);
forwardReq.on("error", (error) => {
console.log(error);
});
forwardReq.write(data);
forwardReq.end();
});
}
});
},
secure: false,
},
}
}
The problem is that neither proxyReq.on("data", (chunk) => { nor proxyReq.on("end", (chunk) => { ever actually trigger.
Additionally, req.body is undefined.
I have absolutely no idea where I am supposed to be getting the POST request's body.

Answer 1

I ended up finding a different question about the bypass option and this gave me the solution I was looking for. Ended up only handling the specific GET requests that I need to handle locally instead of forwarding to my deployed environment, and everything else gets handled automatically by vite.
"/api": {
target: "https://my.local.environment/",
changeOrigin: true,
agent: new https.Agent({
keepAlive: true,
}),
bypass(req, res, proxyOptions) {
if (req.method === "GET") {
//... here I get what I need and write to the res object
// and of course call res.end()
}
//all other calls are handled automatically
},
secure: false,
},