nginx, why auth_request cannot be used in if section
I did something like this today. Came to this solution:
location /api/books { if ($request_method = POST) { rewrite .* /_api/books last; } proxy_pass http://bookservice;}location /_api/books { rewrite .* /api/books break; auth_request /api/auth; proxy_pass http://bookservice; internal;}http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_rewrite_module.html
Would be much nicer with an if, but I don't know why it isn't allowed. However "if" is discouraged by nginx (https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/depth/ifisevil/).