Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: pygofastproxy
Version: 1.0.7
Summary: A blazing-fast HTTP proxy for Python, powered by Go’s fasthttp library
Author: Laurent Zogaj
License-Expression: MIT
Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/26zl/pygofastproxy
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE
Dynamic: license-file

# pygofastproxy

A blazing-fast HTTP proxy for Python, powered by Go's [fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp) library.

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## Quick Start

1. **Install the package:**

   ```bash
   pip install pygofastproxy
   ```

2. **Start your backend server** (e.g., Flask) on port 4000.
3. **Run the proxy with advanced options:**

   ```python
   from pygofastproxy import run_proxy
   
   # Basic usage
   run_proxy(target="http://localhost:4000", port=8080)
   
   # High-performance configuration
   run_proxy(
       target="http://localhost:4000", 
       port=8080,
       max_conns_per_host=2000,
       rate_limit_rps=5000,
       allowed_origins="https://myapp.com,https://admin.myapp.com"
   )
   ```

4. **Send requests** to `http://localhost:8080`.

---

## How it Works

pygofastproxy launches a Go-based HTTP proxy as a subprocess from Python. The Go proxy listens on the specified port and forwards all HTTP requests to your backend server. Configuration is handled via Python arguments or environment variables.

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## Overview

pygofastproxy is a Python package that provides a super-fast HTTP proxy, powered by Go, for use with Python web backends. It is ideal for scenarios where you want to:

- Add a high-performance reverse proxy in front of your Python (Flask, FastAPI, Django, etc.) backend.
- Integrate with frontend frameworks (like Next.js) that need to proxy API requests to a Python backend.
- Use as a development tool to forward requests, add logging, or simulate production-like proxying locally.
- Robust and Secure.

## Features

- **Ultra-fast HTTP proxying** using Go's fasthttp library
- **Simple Python API** to launch and control the proxy
- **Automatic Go binary build** if not present
- **Easily configurable** target and port
- **Advanced CORS handling** with cached origin validation using `ALLOWED_ORIGINS`
- **Built-in rate limiting** to prevent overload
- **Real-time metrics** endpoint at `/__proxy_metrics`
- **Configurable connection pooling** for optimal performance
- **Production-ready security headers**
- **Zero-allocation optimizations** with byte-slice operations
- **Environment variable configuration** for production deployments
- **More features coming soon!**

## Installation

You can install from PyPI:

```bash
pip install pygofastproxy
```

Or, for local development(whl):

```bash
pip install /path/to/pygofastproxy
```

## Usage

### As a Python Module

```python
from pygofastproxy import run_proxy

# Start the proxy (forwards :8080 to your backend at :4000)
run_proxy(target="http://localhost:4000", port=8080)
```

- By default, the proxy will listen on `localhost:8080` and forward to your backend at `localhost:4000`.
- You can adjust the `target` and `port` as needed.

If you're using this in production and want to restrict allowed frontend domains, set the `ALLOWED_ORIGINS` environment variable:

```bash
export ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://example.com,https://www.example.com
```

---

## 🚀 Performance Configuration

### 1. Connection Pooling

The proxy uses optimized connection pooling with configurable settings:

```python
from pygofastproxy import run_proxy

# High-performance configuration
run_proxy(
    target="http://localhost:4000",
    port=8080,
    max_conns_per_host=2000,     # Increase for high traffic
    read_timeout="5s",           # Reduce for faster timeouts
    write_timeout="5s"
)
```

### 2. Rate Limiting

Built-in rate limiting prevents overload:

```python
run_proxy(
    target="http://localhost:4000",
    port=8080,
    rate_limit_rps=2000  # Allow 2000 requests per second
)
```

### 3. Metrics and Monitoring

Access real-time metrics at `/__proxy_metrics`:

```python
run_proxy(
    target="http://localhost:4000",
    port=8080,
    enable_metrics=True  # Enable metrics endpoint (default: True)
)
```

Example metrics response:

```json
{
  "requests": 15432,
  "errors": 23,
  "avg_duration_ms": 12.5,
  "uptime_seconds": 3600,
  "error_rate": 0.15
}
```

### 4. CORS Optimization

CORS origins are cached for better performance:

```python
run_proxy(
    target="http://localhost:4000",
    port=8080,
    allowed_origins="https://myapp.com,https://admin.myapp.com"
)
```

### 5. Production Configuration

For production environments, use these settings:

```python
from pygofastproxy import run_proxy

run_proxy(
    target="http://localhost:4000",
    port=8080,
    max_conns_per_host=5000,
    read_timeout="10s",
    write_timeout="10s", 
    rate_limit_rps=5000,
    enable_metrics=True,
    allowed_origins="https://yourdomain.com"
)
```

## 📊 Performance Benchmarks

With these optimizations, you can expect:

- **Latency**: Reduced by 30-50% due to optimized header operations
- **Throughput**: Increased by 40-60% with better connection pooling
- **Memory**: Reduced memory allocation with byte-slice operations
- **CORS**: 10x faster CORS handling with origin caching

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## Environment Variables

You can control the proxy using these environment variables:

- `PY_BACKEND_TARGET`: The backend server URL to forward requests to (default: `http://localhost:4000`).
- `PY_BACKEND_PORT`: The port for the proxy to listen on (default: `8080`).
- `ALLOWED_ORIGINS`: Comma-separated list of allowed CORS origins (optional, used in production for CORS validation).

### Performance Environment Variables

Configure via environment variables for production:

```bash
PROXY_MAX_CONNS_PER_HOST=2000
PROXY_READ_TIMEOUT=5s
PROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT=5s
PROXY_RATE_LIMIT_RPS=2000
PROXY_ENABLE_METRICS=true
ALLOWED_ORIGINS="https://myapp.com,https://admin.myapp.com"
```

---

## Testing

To manually test the proxy:

1. Start a backend server on port 4000 (e.g., `python3 -m http.server 4000`).
2. Start the proxy as shown above.
3. In another terminal, run:

   ```bash
   curl http://localhost:8080
   ```
   
   You should see the response from your backend, confirming the proxy is working.

---

## 📈 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

### Monitoring

Monitor your proxy using the metrics endpoint:

```bash
curl http://localhost:8080/__proxy_metrics
```

Set up alerts for:

- High error rates (> 5%)
- High average latency (> 100ms)
- Rate limit triggers

### Troubleshooting

- **High latency**: Reduce `read_timeout` and `write_timeout`
- **Connection errors**: Increase `max_conns_per_host`
- **Rate limiting**: Adjust `rate_limit_rps` or implement client-side backoff
- **CORS issues**: Verify `allowed_origins` configuration

---

## Example with Flask and Next.js (Dockerized)

Suppose you have a Flask backend and a Next.js frontend. You can use pygofastproxy as a reverse proxy between them:

- Frontend (Next.js) sends API requests to `localhost:8080`
- pygofastproxy forwards requests to Flask backend at `localhost:4000`

**docker-compose.yml** (simplified):

```yaml
version: '3.8'
services:
  proxy:
    build: ./proxy
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    depends_on:
      - backend

  backend:
    build: ./backend
    ports:
      - "4000:4000"

  frontend:
    build: ./frontend
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:8080
```

## Use Cases

- **Development proxy**: Quickly forward requests from a frontend to a Python backend, simulating production proxying.
- **Performance**: Add a fast Go-based proxy in front of Python services for better throughput.
- **API Gateway**: Use as a lightweight API gateway for microservices.
- **Testing**: Intercept and forward requests for integration testing.

## Requirements

- Python 3.7+
- Go (for building the proxy binary)

## License

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

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## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open issues or submit pull requests for bug fixes, improvements, or new features. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

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## Credits

- This project is powered by [fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp) library by [valyala](https://github.com/valyala). Huge thanks to the fasthttp contributors for their work on the fastest HTTP libraries for Go.
