On 22/03/2013 6:48 a.m., Matthew O'Brien wrote:
Hello, I need to make PURGE requests to an external API. However, I am on a network that only allows access to the internet via a Squid proxy. My question is, how can I configure Squid to *forward on* PURGE requests to other services/APIs, e.g. curl -X PURGE -x my_squid:3128 http://www.some-api-to-purge.com/purge-endpoint Is it possible? So far, I've been unsuccessful with variations on, acl PURGE method PURGE http_access allow PURGE ... Also, looking at the docs, I can't work out how CONNECT or cache_peer/cache_peer_domain would help either. Thanks in advance
No there is not. PURGE is a method created *specifically* for controlling Squid caches. There are several known issues with using it on modern web traffic and it has since been replaced by HTCP CLR messages.
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