Conditional Field Extraction

Uses the condition system to apply json_body_field only on specific request paths

Category: Practical
Task: Uses the condition system to apply json_body_field only on specific request paths

Prerequisites: The product runtime and any backend services referenced by this configuration.

Run it: Use ghcr.io/praxis-proxy/praxis:0.7.2 and follow the first reverse-proxy tutorial to mount and start the configuration.

This configuration comes from the selected release. The example has not been run here; external services are not bundled.

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# Conditional Field Extraction
#
# Uses the condition system to apply json_body_field only on
# specific request paths. Requests to /v1/ get the "model"
# field extracted into X-Model; all other paths skip body
# inspection entirely, avoiding unnecessary buffering.
#
# This is useful when a single gateway serves both AI
# inference endpoints (which need body-based routing) and
# static or administrative endpoints (which do not).
#
listeners:
  - name: gateway
    address: "0.0.0.0:8080" # dev value; binds all interfaces
    filter_chains:
      - conditional-extraction
      - routing

filter_chains:
  - name: conditional-extraction
    filters:
      - filter: json_body_field
        conditions:
          - when:
              path_prefix: "/v1/"
        field: model
        header: X-Model

  - name: routing
    filters:
      - filter: router
        routes:
          - path_prefix: "/v1/"
            headers:
              x-model: "model-beta-1"
            cluster: beta_cluster
          - path_prefix: "/v1/"
            cluster: default-inference
          - path_prefix: "/"
            cluster: static
      - filter: load_balancer
        clusters:
          - name: beta_cluster
            endpoints:
              - "10.0.1.1:8080"
          - name: default-inference
            endpoints:
              - "10.0.2.1:8080"
          - name: static
            endpoints:
              - "10.0.3.1:8080"