HttpProxy is a simple http proxy.

If you access to particular URL like http://localhost:8080, then the http_proxy forward the request to other URL based on configuration.

example

1. Set configuration as the following in config/config.exs.

   use Mix.Config

   config :http_proxy, proxies: [

   %{port: 4000,
              to:   "http://google.com"},
            %{port: 4001,
              to:   "http://yahoo.com"}
           ]

2. Access to http://localhost:4000 via Web Browser.
3. The http_proxy forward to http://google.com .