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"trust proxy" does not make Request.hostname use the value of X-Forwarded-Host #68

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@onebytegone

Regarding Request.hostname, the lambda-express code states:

When the trust proxy app setting is truthy, [the hostname] property will instead have the value of the X-Forwarded-Host header field.

Unfortunately, the hostname code doesn't seem to actually do that. Tests that are listed below fail due to this. Seems like either the docs or the code needs to change.

Unit Tests

describe('hostname property', () => {

   const testCases = [
      {
         host: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
         expectedWithTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
         expectedWithoutTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
      },
      {
         host: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:443',
         expectedWithTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
         expectedWithoutTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
      },
      {
         host: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
         xForwardedHost: 'api.example.com',
         expectedWithTrustProxy: 'api.example.com',
         expectedWithoutTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
      },
      {
         host: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:443',
         xForwardedHost: 'api.example.com',
         expectedWithTrustProxy: 'api.example.com',
         expectedWithoutTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
      },
      {
         host: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
         xForwardedHost: 'api.example.com:433',
         expectedWithTrustProxy: 'api.example.com',
         expectedWithoutTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
      },
      {
         host: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:443',
         xForwardedHost: 'api.example.com:443',
         expectedWithTrustProxy: 'api.example.com',
         expectedWithoutTrustProxy: 'b5gee6dacf.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
      },
   ];

   it('parses proper values - APIGW', () => {
      _.each(testCases, (testCase) => {
         let evt: RequestEvent = apiGatewayRequest(),
               req;

         evt.headers.Host = testCase.host;

         if (testCase.xForwardedHost) {
            evt.headers['X-Forwarded-Host'] = testCase.xForwardedHost;
            evt.multiValueHeaders['X-Forwarded-Host'] = [ testCase.xForwardedHost ];
         } else {
            delete evt.headers['X-Forwarded-Host'];
            delete evt.multiValueHeaders['X-Forwarded-Host'];
         }

         app.enable('trust proxy');
         req = new Request(app, evt, handlerContext());
         expect(req.hostname).to.eql(testCase.expectedWithTrustProxy);

         app.disable('trust proxy');
         req = new Request(app, evt, handlerContext());
         expect(req.hostname).to.eql(testCase.expectedWithoutTrustProxy);
      });
   });

   it('parses proper values - ALB', () => {
      _.each(testCases, (testCase) => {
         let req;

         _.each([ albRequest(), albMultiValHeadersRequest() ], (evt) => {
            if (evt.headers) {
               evt.headers.host = testCase.host;
               if (testCase.xForwardedHost) {
                  evt.headers['X-Forwarded-Host'] = testCase.xForwardedHost;
               } else {
                  delete evt.headers['X-Forwarded-Host'];
               }
            }
            if (evt.multiValueHeaders) {
               evt.multiValueHeaders.host = [ testCase.host ];
               if (testCase.xForwardedHost) {
                  evt.multiValueHeaders['X-Forwarded-Host'] = [ testCase.xForwardedHost ];
               } else {
                  delete evt.multiValueHeaders['X-Forwarded-Host'];
               }
            }

            app.enable('trust proxy');
            req = new Request(app, evt, handlerContext());
            expect(req.hostname).to.eql(testCase.expectedWithTrustProxy);

            app.disable('trust proxy');
            req = new Request(app, evt, handlerContext());
            expect(req.hostname).to.eql(testCase.expectedWithoutTrustProxy);
         });
      });
   });

});

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