net/http/httputil: NewSingleHostReverseProxy doesn't pass http authentication

[amulyas]

I am using NewSingleHostReverseProxy its working well for us except it not passing any authentication if I pass the URL with auth its just ignoring auth, is there any way I can work around it

[mgenov]

You can write your own transport that wraps the default one.

https://golang.org/src/net/http/httputil/reverseproxy.go?s=564:1486#L34

[bradfitz]

Yeah, I think @mgenov's suggestion is your best bet. I don't think we want to modify ReverseProxy at this point to support auth in URLs. In general, auth info in URLs is somewhat gross and deprecated, and I don't think we should be encouraging it.

[amulyas]

@bradfitz if I add credentials in header will it work?

[bradfitz]

Headers are propagated through the proxy.

[amulyas]

thanks @bradfitz