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title: "Plugin Utilities"
generated: true
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## createProxyHandler

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/plugin/plugin-utils.ts" sourceLine="37" packageName="@vendure/core" />

Creates a proxy middleware which proxies the given route to the given port.
Useful for plugins which start their own servers but should be accessible
via the main Vendure url.

*Example*

```ts
// Example usage in the `configuration` method of a VendurePlugin.
// Imagine that we have started a Node server on port 5678
// running some service which we want to access via the `/my-plugin/`
// route of the main Vendure server.
@VendurePlugin({
  configuration: (config: Required<VendureConfig>) => {
      config.apiOptions.middleware.push({
          handler: createProxyHandler({
              label: 'Admin UI',
              route: 'my-plugin',
              port: 5678,
          }),
          route: 'my-plugin',
      });
      return config;
  }
})
export class MyPlugin {}
```

```ts title="Signature"
function createProxyHandler(options: ProxyOptions): RequestHandler
```

Parameters

### options

\<MemberInfo kind="parameter" type={`<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/plugin/plugin-utilities#proxyoptions'>ProxyOptions</a>`} />

## ProxyOptions

<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/plugin/plugin-utils.ts" sourceLine="74" packageName="@vendure/core" />

Options to configure proxy middleware via [createProxyHandler](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/plugin/plugin-utilities#createproxyhandler).

```ts title="Signature"
interface ProxyOptions {
    label: string;
    route: string;
    port: number;
    hostname?: string;
    basePath?: string;
}
```

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### label

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

A human-readable label for the service which is being proxied. Used to
generate more informative logs.

### route

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

The route of the Vendure server which will act as the proxy url.

### port

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`number`}   />

The port on which the service being proxied is running.

### hostname

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`} default={`'localhost'`}   />

The hostname of the server on which the service being proxied is running.

### basePath

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`string`}   />

An optional base path on the proxied server.

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