# Modifying the request body **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [January 26, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modifying-the-request-body/238732 "2014-01-26T13:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modifying-the-request-body/238732/1 "2014-01-26T13:56:23Z")
I have nginx deployed as a proxy server. The client sends a POST request which needs to be modified before forwarding it to the origin server. Is there any module / filter available in nginx. The best I could find was a patch by Maxim as outlined athttp://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2013-March/003492.html. However, this appears to be incomplete. Please advise if there is anything that can be used to achieve the modification Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Rv\_Rv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rv\_Rv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rv_Rv)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/modifying-the-request-body/238732/2 "2014-01-27T13:38:13Z")
Hello! On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 08:55:18PM +0800, Rv Rv wrote: > I have nginx deployed as a proxy server. The client sends a POST > request which needs to be modified before forwarding it to the > origin server. Is there any module / filter available in nginx. > The best I could find was a patch by Maxim as outlined > athttp://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2013-March/003492.html. > However, this appears to be incomplete. Please advise if there > is anything that can be used to achieve the modification > Thanks You may want to take a look at the proxy\_set\_body directive, see [Module ngx\_http\_proxy\_module](http://nginx.org/r/proxy_set_body). – Maxim D. [http://nginx.org/](http://nginx.org/)