[Staging API] To Use Staging Server or not to use staging server

config/proxyConfig.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * These are the base API root used to send requests to the proxy.
+ * We only specify for staging URLs as API requests are sent to the production
+ * servers by default.
+ */
+module.exports = {
+    STAGING: '/staging-',
+    STAGING_SECURE: '/staging-secure-',
+};

config/webpack/webpack.dev.js

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ module.exports = (env = {}) => portfinder.getPortPromise({port: BASE_PORT})
             : {
                 proxy: {
                     '/api': 'http://[::1]:9000',
+                    '/staging-api': 'http://[::1]:9000',
+                    '/staging-secure-api': 'http://[::1]:9000',
                     '/chat-attachments': 'http://[::1]:9000',
                 },
             };

src/CONFIG.js

@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ export default {
     DEV_PORT: process.env.PORT || 8080,
     E2E_TESTING: lodashGet(Config, 'E2E_TESTING', 'false') === 'true',
     SEND_CRASH_REPORTS: lodashGet(Config, 'SEND_CRASH_REPORTS', 'false') === 'true',
+    IS_USING_WEB_PROXY: getPlatform() === 'web' && useWebProxy,
 };

src/libs/HttpUtils.js

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ import CONFIG from '../CONFIG';
 import CONST from '../CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '../ONYXKEYS';
 import HttpsError from './Errors/HttpsError';
-import shouldUseStagingServer from './shouldUseStagingServer';
 import getPlatform from './getPlatform';
+import proxyConfig from '../../config/proxyConfig';
 
 // Desktop and web use staging config too so we we should default to staging API endpoint if on those platforms
 const shouldDefaultToStaging = _.contains([CONST.PLATFORM.WEB, CONST.PLATFORM.DESKTOP], getPlatform());
-let stagingServerToggleState = false;
+let shouldUseStagingServer = false;
 Onyx.connect({
     key: ONYXKEYS.USER,
-    callback: val => stagingServerToggleState = lodashGet(val, 'shouldUseStagingServer', shouldDefaultToStaging),
+    callback: val => shouldUseStagingServer = lodashGet(val, 'shouldUseStagingServer', shouldDefaultToStaging),
 });
 
 let shouldFailAllRequests = false;
@@ -109,10 +109,13 @@ function xhr(command, data, type = CONST.NETWORK.METHOD.POST, shouldUseSecure =
 
     let apiRoot = shouldUseSecure ? CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.SECURE_EXPENSIFY_URL : CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.URL_API_ROOT;
 
-    if (shouldUseStagingServer(stagingServerToggleState)) {
-        apiRoot = shouldUseSecure ? CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_SECURE_EXPENSIFY_URL : CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_EXPENSIFY_URL;
+    if (shouldUseStagingServer) {
+        if (CONFIG.IS_USING_WEB_PROXY) {
+            apiRoot = shouldUseSecure ? proxyConfig.STAGING_SECURE : proxyConfig.STAGING;
+        } else {
+            apiRoot = shouldUseSecure ? CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_SECURE_EXPENSIFY_URL : CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_EXPENSIFY_URL;
+        }
     }
-
     return processHTTPRequest(`${apiRoot}api?command=${command}`, type, formData, data.canCancel);
 }
 

web/proxy.js

@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 const http = require('http');
 const https = require('https');
+const proxyConfig = require('../config/proxyConfig');
 require('dotenv').config();
 
 if (process.env.USE_WEB_PROXY === 'false') {
     process.stdout.write('Skipping proxy as USE_WEB_PROXY was set to false.\n');
     process.exit();
 }
-
-let host = 'www.expensify.com';
-
-// If we are testing against the staging API then we must use the correct host here or nothing with work.
-if (/staging/.test(process.env.EXPENSIFY_URL)) {
-    host = 'staging.expensify.com';
-}
+const host = new URL(process.env.EXPENSIFY_URL || 'https://www.expensify.com').hostname;
+const stagingHost = new URL(process.env.STAGING_EXPENSIFY_URL || 'https://staging.expensify.com').hostname;
+const stagingSecureHost = new URL(process.env.STAGING_SECURE_EXPENSIFY_URL || 'https://staging-secure.expensify.com').hostname;
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-console.log(`Creating proxy with host: ${host}`);
+console.log(`Creating proxy with host: ${host} for production API and ${stagingHost} for staging API`);
 
 /**
  * Local proxy server that hits the production endpoint
@@ -24,13 +21,44 @@ console.log(`Creating proxy with host: ${host}`);
  * environment that has no local API.
  */
 const server = http.createServer((request, response) => {
+    let hostname = host;
+    let requestPath = request.url;
+
+    // Regex not declared globally to avoid internal regex pointer reset for each request.
+    const apiRegex = /(\/staging.*)api/g;
+
+    /**
+     * We only match staging api root to redirect requests to the staging server if the request
+     * is an API call, except chat attachments. By default, requests are sent to the prod server.
+     * For example,
+     * /api?command=OpenReport => request sent to production server
+     * /staging-api?command=OpenReport => request sent to staging server
+     * /staging-secure-api?command=OpenReport => request sent to secure staging server
+     * /chat-attachments/46545... => request sent to production server
+     */
+    const apiRootMatch = apiRegex.exec(requestPath);
+
+    // Switch host only if API call, not on chat attachments.
+    if (apiRootMatch) {
+        const apiRoot = apiRootMatch[1];
+
+        // apiRoot can only be staging or secure staging
+        hostname = apiRoot === proxyConfig.STAGING ? stagingHost : stagingSecureHost;
+
+        /**
+         * Replace the mapping url with the actual path.
+         * This is done because the staging api root is only intended for the proxy,
+         * the actual server request must use the /api path.
+         */
+        requestPath = request.url.replace(apiRoot, '/');
+    }
     const proxyRequest = https.request({
-        hostname: host,
+        hostname,
         method: 'POST',
-        path: request.url,
+        path: requestPath,
         headers: {
             ...request.headers,
-            host,
+            host: hostname,
             'user-agent': request.headers['user-agent'].concat(' Development-NewDot/1.0'),
         },
         port: 443,