Pre-Configured Proxies
Pre-Configured Proxies differ from the Ephemeral Proxy by requiring setup beforehand. You define a proxy instance with a unique URL and fixed settings, which can be reused across requests or shared with third parties for inbound HTTP requests (e.g., providing an integrator with a proxy URL). This approach suits scenarios needing consistent configurations or stricter controls, such as whitelisting destinations in production environments.
Additional options for Pre-Configured Proxies include:
- Request and response transforms: Optionally use custom Node.js code to alter requests or responses—useful for specific cases, but not mandatory.
- Configuration map: Store proxy-specific secrets, like API keys, securely.
- Anonymous access: Permit requests without authentication if needed.
In production, Pre-Configured Proxies are often preferred for their ability to enforce defined settings. Transforms are available but not required—standard setups work just as well without them.
Create a Proxy
Creates a new Proxy for the Tenant.
Permissions
proxy:create
Request
- cURL
- Node
- JavaScript (legacy)
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Go
transform='module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};'
curl "https://api.basistheory.com/proxies" \
-H "BT-API-KEY: <MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X "POST" \
-d '{
"name": "My Proxy",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"request_transform": {
"code": '"$(echo $transform | jq -Rsa .)"',
},
"response_transform": {
"code": '"$(echo $transform | jq -Rsa .)"',
},
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
},
"application": {
"id": "45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04"
},
"require_auth": true
}'
const proxy = await client.proxies.create({
name: 'My Proxy',
destinationUrl: 'https://example.com/api',
requestTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
responseTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
configuration: {
SERVICE_API_KEY: 'key_abcd1234',
},
application: {
id: applicationId
},
requireAuth: true
});
import { BasisTheory } from '@basis-theory/basis-theory-js';
const bt = await new BasisTheory().init('<MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>');
const proxy = await bt.proxies.create({
name: 'My Proxy',
destinationUrl: 'https://example.com/api',
requestTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
responseTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
configuration: {
SERVICE_API_KEY: 'key_abcd1234',
},
application: {
id: '45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04'
},
requireAuth: true
});
await client.Proxies.CreateAsync(new CreateProxyRequest
{
Name = "My Proxy",
DestinationUrl = "https://example.com/api",
RequestTransform = new ProxyTransform
{
Code = @"
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
ResponseTransform = new ProxyTransform
{
Code = @"
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
Configuration = new Dictionary<string, string?>
{
{ "SERVICE_API_KEY", "key_abcd1234" }
},
Application = new Application
{
Id = applicationId
},
RequireAuth = true
});
Proxy updatedProxy = new ProxiesClient(ClientOptions.builder().build())
.update(Proxy.builder()
.id("id")
.name("My Proxy")
.destinationUrl("https://example.com/api")
.requestTransform(ProxyTransform.builder().code("module.exports = async function (req) { return { headers: req.args.headers, body: req.args.body }; };").build())
.responseTransform(ProxyTransform.builder().code("module.exports = async function (req) { return { headers: req.args.headers, body: req.args.body }; };").build())
.configuration(new HashMap<>())
.applicationId(applicationId)
.build());
client.proxies.create(
name="My Proxy",
destination_url = "https://example.com/api",
request_transform = {
"code": """
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,s
body: req.args.body
};
};
"""
},
response_transform = {
"code": """
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with 'req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY'
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"""
},
configuration = {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd134"
},
application = {
"id": application_id
},
require_auth = True
)
transform := `module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};`
proxy, err := client.Proxies.Create(ctx, &basistheory.CreateProxyRequest{
Name: "My Proxy",
DestinationURL: "https://example.com/api",
RequestTransform: &basistheory.ProxyTransform{
Code: &transform,
},
ResponseTransform: &basistheory.ProxyTransform{
Code: &transform,
},
Configuration: map[string]*string{
"SERVICE_API_KEY": func(s string) *string { return &s }("key_abcd1234"),
},
Application: &basistheory.Application{
ID: applicationID,
},
RequireAuth: true,
})
Request Parameters
Attribute | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
name | true | string | null | The name of the Proxy. Has a maximum length of 200 |
destination_url | true | string | null | The URL to which requests will be proxied |
request_transform | false | Proxy Request Transform | null | Request Transform which will be executed against the proxy request before sending to the destination. |
response_transform | false | Proxy Response Transform | null | Response Transform which will be executed against the destination's response before returning the proxy response. |
application | false | Application | null | This Application's API key is injected into a pre-configured BasisTheory JS SDK instance passed into the transform. Must be a public or private Application Type. |
configuration | false | map<string, string> | null | A string key and string value map of all configuration name and values for a Proxy Transform |
require_auth | false | boolean | true | Require a BT-API-KEY request header for authentication and authorization |
Response
Returns a Proxy if the Proxy was created. Returns an error if there were validation errors, or the Proxy failed to create.
{
"id": "433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6",
"tenant_id": "77cb0024-123e-41a8-8ff8-a3d5a0fa8a08",
"name": "My Proxy",
"key": "e29a50980ca5",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"request_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"response_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
},
"application_id": "45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04",
"require_auth": true,
"created_by": "3ce0dceb-fd0b-4471-8006-c51243c9ef7a",
"created_at": "2020-09-15T15:53:00+00:00"
}
List Proxies
Get a list of proxies for the Tenant.
Permissions
proxy:read
Request
- cURL
- Node
- JavaScript (legacy)
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Go
curl "https://api.basistheory.com/proxies" \
-H "BT-API-KEY: <MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>"
const response = await client.proxies.list();
for await (const item of response) {
console.log(item);
}
// Or you can manually iterate page-by-page
const page = await client.proxies.list();
while (page.hasNextPage()) {
page = page.getNextPage();
}
import { BasisTheory } from "@basis-theory/basis-theory-js";
const bt = await new BasisTheory().init("<MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>");
const proxies = await bt.proxies.list();
await client.Proxies.ListAsync(new ProxiesListRequest());
new ProxiesClient(ClientOptions.builder().build()).list();
response = client.proxies.list()
for item in response:
yield item
# alternatively, you can paginate page-by-page
for page in response.iter_pages():
yield page
// List all proxies
proxies, err := client.Proxies.List(ctx, &basistheory.ProxiesListRequest{})
// List proxies with filters
proxies, err := client.Proxies.List(ctx, &basistheory.ProxiesListRequest{
ID: []*string{
func(s string) *string { return &s }("id1"),
func(s string) *string { return &s }("id2"),
},
Name: "My Proxy",
})
Query Parameters
Parameter | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
id | false | array | [] | An optional list of Proxy ID's to filter the list of proxies by |
name | false | string | null | Wildcard search of proxies by name |
Response
Returns a paginated object with the data
property containing an array of proxies. Providing any query parameters will filter the results. Returns an error if proxies could not be retrieved.
{
"pagination": {...}
"data": [
{
"id": "433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6",
"tenant_id": "77cb0024-123e-41a8-8ff8-a3d5a0fa8a08",
"name": "My Proxy",
"key": "e29a50980ca5",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"request_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"response_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
},
"application_id": "45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04",
"require_auth": true,
"created_by": "fb124bba-f90d-45f0-9a59-5edca27b3b4a",
"created_at": "2020-09-15T15:53:00+00:00",
"modified_by": "fb124bba-f90d-45f0-9a59-5edca27b3b4a",
"modified_at": "2021-03-01T08:23:14+00:00"
},
{...},
{...}
]
}
Get a Proxy
Get a Proxy by ID in the Tenant.
Permissions
proxy:read
Request
- cURL
- Node
- JavaScript (legacy)
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Go
curl "https://api.basistheory.com/proxies/5b493235-6917-4307-906a-2cd6f1a90b13" \
-H "BT-API-KEY: <MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>"
await client.proxies.get("id");
import { BasisTheory } from "@basis-theory/basis-theory-js";
const bt = await new BasisTheory().init("<MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>");
const proxy = await bt.proxies.retrieve("5b493235-6917-4307-906a-2cd6f1a90b13");
new ProxiesClient(ClientOptions.builder().build()).get("id");
client.proxies.get(
id="id",
)
proxy, err := client.Proxies.Get(ctx, "id")
URI Parameters
Parameter | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
id | true | uuid | null | The ID of the proxy |
Response
Returns a Proxy with the id
provided. Returns an error if the Proxy could not be retrieved.
{
"id": "433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6",
"tenant_id": "77cb0024-123e-41a8-8ff8-a3d5a0fa8a08",
"name": "My Proxy",
"key": "e29a50980ca5",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"request_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"response_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
},
"application_id": "45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04",
"require_auth": true,
"created_by": "fb124bba-f90d-45f0-9a59-5edca27b3b4a",
"created_at": "2020-09-15T15:53:00+00:00",
"modified_by": "fb124bba-f90d-45f0-9a59-5edca27b3b4a",
"modified_at": "2021-03-01T08:23:14+00:00"
}
Update Proxy
Update a Proxy by ID in the Tenant.
Permissions
proxy:update
Request
- cURL
- Node
- JavaScript (legacy)
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Go
transform='module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};'
curl "https://api.basistheory.com/proxies/433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6" \
-H "BT-API-KEY: <MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X "PUT" \
-d '{
"name": "My Proxy",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"request_transform": {
"code": '"$(echo $transform | jq -Rsa .)"',
},
"response_transform": {
"code": '"$(echo $transform | jq -Rsa .)"',
},
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
},
"application": {
"id": "45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04"
},
"require_auth": true
}'
await client.proxies.update(
proxyId,
{
name: 'My Proxy',
destinationUrl: 'https://example.com/api',
requestTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
responseTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
configuration: {
SERVICE_API_KEY: 'key_abcd1234',
},
application: {
id: applicationId
},
requireAuth: true
});
import { BasisTheory } from '@basis-theory/basis-theory-js';
const bt = await new BasisTheory().init('<MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>');
const proxy = await bt.proxies.update('433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6', {
name: 'My Proxy',
destinationUrl: 'https://example.com/api',
requestTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
responseTransform: {
code: `
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
`
},
configuration: {
SERVICE_API_KEY: 'key_abcd1234',
},
application: {
id: '45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04'
},
requireAuth: true
});
await client.Proxies.UpdateAsync(
proxyId,
new UpdateProxyRequest
{
Name = "My Proxy",
DestinationUrl = "https://example.com/api",
RequestTransform = new ProxyTransform
{
Code = @"
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
ResponseTransform = new ProxyTransform
{
Code = @"
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
Configuration = new Dictionary<string, string?>
{
{ "SERVICE_API_KEY", "key_abcd1234" }
},
Application = new Application
{
Id = applicationId
},
RequireAuth = true
}
);
Proxy updatedProxy = new ProxiesClient(ClientOptions.builder().build())
.update(Proxy.builder()
.id("id")
.name("My Proxy")
.destinationUrl("https://example.com/api")
.requestTransform(ProxyTransform.builder().code("module.exports = async function (req) { return { headers: req.args.headers, body: req.args.body }; };").build())
.responseTransform(ProxyTransform.builder().code("module.exports = async function (req) { return { headers: req.args.headers, body: req.args.body }; };").build())
.configuration(new HashMap<>())
.applicationId(applicationId)
.build());
client.proxies.update(
id=proxy_id,
name="My Proxy",
destination_url="https://example.com/api",
request_transform={
"code": """
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"""
},
response_transform={
"code": """
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with 'req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY'
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"""
},
configuration={
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd134"
},
application={
"id": application_id
},
require_auth=True
)
err := client.Proxies.Patch(ctx, "id", &basistheory.PatchProxyRequest{
Name: "My Proxy",
DestinationURL: "https://example.com/api",
Configuration: map[string]string{
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234",
},
})
URI Parameters
Parameter | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
id | true | uuid | null | The ID of the proxy |
Request Parameters
Attribute | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
name | true | string | null | The name of the Proxy. Has a maximum length of 200 |
destination_url | true | string | null | The URL to which requests will be proxied |
request_transform | false | Proxy Request Transform | null | Request Transform which will be executed against the proxy request before sending to the destination. |
response_transform | false | Proxy Response Transform | null | Response Transform which will be executed against the destination's response before returning the proxy response. |
application | false | Application | null | This Application's API key is injected into a pre-configured BasisTheory JS SDK instance passed into the transform. Must be a public or private Application Type. |
configuration | false | map<string, string> | null | A string key and string value map of all configuration name and values for a Proxy Transform |
require_auth | false | boolean | true | Require a BT-API-KEY request header for authentication and authorization |
Response
Returns a Proxy if the Proxy was updated. Returns an error if there were validation errors, or the Proxy failed to update.
{
"id": "433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6",
"tenant_id": "77cb0024-123e-41a8-8ff8-a3d5a0fa8a08",
"name": "My Proxy",
"key": "e29a50980ca5",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"request_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"response_transform": {
"code": "
module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};
"
},
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
},
"application_id": "45c124e7-6ab2-4899-b4d9-1388b0ba9d04",
"require_auth": true,
"created_by": "3ce0dceb-fd0b-4471-8006-c51243c9ef7a",
"created_at": "2020-09-15T15:53:00+00:00",
"modified_by": "34053374-d721-43d8-921c-5ee1d337ef21",
"modified_at": "2021-03-01T08:23:14+00:00"
}
Patch Proxy
Patch a Proxy by ID in the Tenant.
Permissions
proxy:update
Content-Type
header to be set to application/merge-patch+json
. Requests made with a different Content-Type
header value will receive a 415 Unsupported Media Type
response code. For more information on merge-patch, see RFC 7386.Request
- cURL
- Node
- JavaScript (legacy)
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Go
transform='module.exports = async function (req) {
// Do something with req.configuration.SERVICE_API_KEY
return {
headers: req.args.headers,
body: req.args.body
};
};'
curl "https://api.basistheory.com/proxies/433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6" \
-H "BT-API-KEY: <MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/merge-patch+json" \
-X "PATCH" \
-d '{
"name": "My Proxy",
"destination_url": "https://example.com/api",
"configuration": {
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd1234"
}
}'
await client.proxies.update(proxyId, {
name: 'My Proxy',
destinationUrl: "https://example.com/api",
configuration: {
SERVICE_API_KEY: "key_abcd1234",
}
});
import { BasisTheory } from "@basis-theory/basis-theory-js";
const bt = await new BasisTheory().init("<MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>");
const proxy = await bt.proxies.patch("433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6", {
name: "My Proxy",
destinationUrl: "https://example.com/api",
configuration: {
SERVICE_API_KEY: "key_abcd1234",
},
});
await client.Proxies.PatchAsync(
proxyId,
new PatchProxyRequest
{
Name = "My Proxy",
DestinationUrl = "https://example.com/api",
Configuration = new Dictionary<string, string?> {
{ "SERVICE_API_KEY", "key_abcd1234" }
},
}
);
Proxy patchedProxy = new ProxiesClient(ClientOptions.builder().build())
.update("id", UpdateProxyRequest.builder()
.name("My Proxy")
.destinationUrl("https://example.com/api")
.requestTransform(ProxyTransform.builder().code("module.exports = async function (req) { return { headers: req.args.headers, body: req.args.body }; };").build())
.responseTransform(ProxyTransform.builder().code("module.exports = async function (req) { return { headers: req.args.headers, body: req.args.body }; };").build())
.configuration(new HashMap<>())
.build());
client.proxies.patch(
id=proxy_id,
name="(Deletable) python-SDK-" + str(uuid.uuid4()),
destination_url="https://example.com/api",
configuration={
"SERVICE_API_KEY": "key_abcd134"
}
)
err := client.Proxies.Patch(ctx, "id", &basistheory.PatchProxyRequest{
Name: "My Proxy",
DestinationURL: "https://example.com/api",
Configuration: map[string]*string{
"SERVICE_API_KEY": func(s string) *string { return &s }("key_abcd1234"),
},
})
URI Parameters
Parameter | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
id | true | uuid | null | The ID of the proxy |
Request Parameters
Attribute | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
name | false | string | null | The name of the Proxy. Has a maximum length of 200 |
destination_url | false | string | null | The URL to which requests will be proxied |
request_transform | false | Proxy Request Transform | null | Request Transform which will be executed against the proxy request before sending to the destination. |
response_transform | false | Proxy Response Transform | null | Response Transform which will be executed against the destination's response before returning the proxy response. |
application | false | Application | null | This Application's API key is injected into a pre-configured BasisTheory JS SDK instance passed into the transform. Must be a public or private Application Type. |
configuration | false | map<string, string> | null | A string key and string value map of all configuration name and values for a Proxy Transform |
require_auth | false | boolean | true | Require a BT-API-KEY request header for authentication and authorization |
Response
Returns 204
if successful. Returns an error if there were validation errors, or the operation failed.
Delete Proxy
Delete a Proxy by ID in the Tenant.
Permissions
proxy:delete
Request
- cURL
- Node
- JavaScript (legacy)
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Go
curl "https://api.basistheory.com/proxies/433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6" \
-H "BT-API-KEY: <MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>" \
-X "DELETE"
await client.proxies.delete("id");
import { BasisTheory } from "@basis-theory/basis-theory-js";
const bt = await new BasisTheory().init("<MANAGEMENT_API_KEY>");
await bt.proxies.delete("433013a6-a614-4e1e-b2aa-5fba67aa85e6");
await client.Proxies.DeleteAsync("id");
new ProxiesClient(ClientOptions.builder().build()).delete("id");
client.proxies.delete(
id="id",
)
err := client.Proxies.Delete(ctx, "id")
URI Parameters
Parameter | Required | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
id | true | uuid | null | The ID of the proxy |
Response
Returns an error if the Proxy failed to delete.
Proxy Object
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id | uuid | Unique identifier of the Proxy which can be used to get a Proxy |
key | string | Auto-generated key used to invoke this Proxy |
name | string | The name of the Proxy |
destination_url | string | The URL to which requests will be proxied |
tenant_id | uuid | The Tenant ID which owns the Proxy |
require_auth | boolean | Require a BT-API-KEY request header for authentication and authorization |
request_transform | Proxy Request Transform | (Optional) Request Transform which will be executed against the proxy request before sending to the destination. |
response_transform | Proxy Response Transform | (Optional) Response Transform which will be executed against the destination's response before returning the proxy response. |
application_id | string | (Optional) This Application's API key is injected into a pre-configured BasisTheory JS SDK instance passed into the transform. Must be a public or private Application Type. |
configuration | map<string, string> | (Optional) A string key and string value map of all configuration name and values for a Proxy Transform |
created_by | uuid | (Optional) The ID of the user or Application that created the Proxy |
created_at | string | (Optional) Created date of the Proxy in ISO 8601 format |
modified_by | uuid | (Optional) The ID of the user or Application that last modified the Proxy |
modified_at | date | (Optional) Last modified date of the Proxy in ISO 8601 format |
Proxy Request Transform Object
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code | string | Transform code which will be executed when the Proxy transform is processed. See Request Transforms for details. |
Proxy Response Transform Object
See Response Transforms for details regarding the various types of response transforms.
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
type | string | The type of response transform. One of code or mask . Default: code . |
code | string | Transform code which will be executed when the Proxy transform is processed. Required when type is code |
matcher | string | The type of matching. One of regex or chase_stratus_pan . Required when type is mask |
replacement | string | The replacement character for masking. Must be only one character in length. Required when type is mask |
expression | string | The regular expression to use when determining masking values. Must contain at least one capture group using parenthesis. Required when type is mask and matcher is regex . |
Transforms
Pre-configured proxies allow you to optionally define request or response transforms, which allow custom Node.js code to be executed before and after the HTTP request is forwarded to the destination URL. When a transform is defined on a proxy, your custom Node.js code will execute in Basis Theory's secure serverless reactor environment.
Testing
Testing Transforms works the same as testing Reactors.
Whitelisted npm modules
You can find a list of all whitelisted NPM modules here.
Errors
Custom errors can be returned from request and response transforms by throwing reactor errors..
Any errors thrown from a transform will cause the proxy request to be terminated and the HTTP response to be immediately returned. In particular, errors thrown from a request transform will cause the proxy request to terminate before calling the destination API.
Reactor Errors
All pre-defined reactor error types, excluding errors of type CustomHttpResponseError
,
will be returned in their standard format and wrapped in a proxy_error
property to distinguish these errors from destination API errors.
For example, a transform containing the following code:
const { AuthenticationError } = require('@basis-theory/basis-theory-reactor-formulas-sdk-js');
module.exports = async function (req) {
const apiKey = req.args.headers['MY-CUSTOM-API-KEY'];
if (!apiKey)
throw new AuthenticationError('MY-CUSTOM-API-KEY header is required');
// ...
}
would result in the following error response with a 401
status code if the MY-CUSTOM-API-KEY
header is omitted:
{
"proxy_error": {
"errors": {
"error": [
"MY-CUSTOM-API-KEY header is required"
]
},
"title": "One or more validation errors occurred.",
"status": 401,
"detail": "Authentication Failed"
}
}
Custom Errors
To provide more control over the errors returned from a proxy transform, a CustomHttpResponseError can be thrown from the transform. This will enable you to specify a status code, custom headers, and have complete control over the response body that is returned.
For example, a transform containing the following code:
const { CustomHttpResponseError } = require('@basis-theory/basis-theory-reactor-formulas-sdk-js');
module.exports = async function (req) {
throw new CustomHttpResponseError({
status: 400,
headers: {
"Custom-Response-Header-1": "custom-value-1",
"Custom-Response-Header-2": "custom-value-2"
},
body: {
myCustomError: "My custom error message"
}
});
};
results in an API response with status code 400
, having the headers:
Custom-Response-Header-1: custom-value-1
Custom-Response-Header-2: custom-value-2
and the response body:
{
"myCustomError": "My custom error message"
}
Request Transforms
Request Transforms can be used to:
- Transform the body or headers on the HTTP request before forwarding the request to the destination
- Tokenize parts of an inbound HTTP request and replace sensitive data with tokens before it hits your systems
- Inject secrets that are configured within the proxy (e.g., third party API credentials) into the request body or headers
Response transforms will only be executed when the destination returns a 2xx
status code, and other non-2xx
statuses will result in an immediate response from the proxy.
Request transforms are Node.js v16 code blocks which export a function of the form:
module.exports = async function (req) {
const { bt, args, configuration } = req;
const { body, headers, method, path, query } = args; // access properties of the http request
const { MY_CONFIG } = configuration; // access any static config defined on the Proxy
// do anything here!
const processedBody = ...; // do something with body
const processedHeaders = ...; // do something with headers
return {
body: processedBody, // transformed request body
headers: processedHeaders // transformed request headers
};
};
Request Transform - Request Object
The request transform function receives the following object:
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
args | object | Properties of the proxy request (see below) |
configuration | object | The configuration defined for the Proxy object |
bt | object | A pre-configured Basis Theory JS instance if an application was configured on the Proxy object |
where args
contains:
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body | object or string | The request body parsed as a JavaScript object when Content-Type is application/json , or string for other content types. |
headers | object | A JavaScript object containing the headers received on the proxy request |
method | string | The HTTP method of the proxy request (e.g., "GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE") |
path | string | The path suffix received on the proxy request after /proxy (e.g., a request to /proxy/sub/path?param=value would result in a path of /sub/path ) |
query | string | The unparsed query string that was received on the proxy request (e.g., a request to /proxy/sub/path?param=value would result in a query of ?param=value ) |
Request Transform - Response Object
An object of the following type must be returned by the request transform function:
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body | object | The transformed request body to forward to the destination |
headers | object | The transformed request headers to forward to the destination |
Response Transforms
There are two types of Response Transforms available: code
and mask
.
Code Response Transforms
Code Response Transforms can be used to:
- Transform the body or headers on the HTTP response received from the destination before returning a response from the proxy
- Tokenize sensitive values returned by a third party destination API
- For inbound HTTP requests, tokens returned in responses from your system can be detokenized before sending the response to the third party caller
Code response transforms are Node.js v16 code blocks which export a function of the form:
module.exports = async function (req) {
const { bt, args, configuration } = req;
const { body, headers } = args; // access properties of the http response
const { MY_CONFIG } = configuration; // access any static config defined on the Proxy
// do anything here!
const processedBody = ...; // do something to build a transformed body
const processedHeaders = ...; // do something to build transformed headers
return {
body: processedBody, // transformed response body
headers: processedHeaders // transformed request headers
};
};
Code Response Transform - Javascript Request Object
The response transform function receives the following object:
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
args | object | Properties of the proxy response (see below) |
configuration | object | The configuration defined for the Proxy object |
bt | object | A pre-configured Basis Theory JS instance if an application was configured on the Proxy object |
where args
contains:
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body | object or string | The response body returned from the destination endpoint, parsed as a JavaScript object when Content-Type is application/json , or string for other content types. |
headers | object | A JavaScript object containing the response headers returned from the destination endpoint |
Code Response Transform - Javascript Response Object
An object of the following type must be returned by the response transform function:
Attribute | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body | object | The transformed response body to return from the proxy |
headers | object | The transformed response headers to return from the proxy |
Mask Response Transform
Mask response transforms can be used to transform the body of the response received from the destination before returning a response from the proxy.
The mask transform has two available matcher types, regex
and chase_stratus_pan
.
Regex Matcher
Mask response transforms using the regex
matcher are defined as regular expressions and a replacement character.
{
"name": "My masked proxy",
"destination_url": "https://echo.basistheory.com/anything",
"require_auth": false,
"response_transform": {
"type":"mask",
"matcher":"regex",
"replacement":"*",
"expression":"\"accountNumber\":\\s*\"(.*?)\""
}
}
The regular expression must contain at least one capture group.
In the example above, the expression
will capture the value of an accountNumber
attribute of a JSON payload.
Given the proxied service responds with a JSON similar to the following:
{
"username": "bsmith1486",
"accountNumber": "56834512"
}
Then the sample proxy will mask the response as:
{
"username": "bsmith1486",
"accountNumber": "********"
}
When a response body matches the given expression, the matched part of the body will be processed.
During processing, any portion of the matched body section that is equivalent to any value of a capture group defined in the regex will be replaced.
In this case, the matched body section is "accountNumber": "56834512"
.
The best practice is to limit the match scope to be as narrow as possible. There could be unintended or unexpected side effects if the match string is larger than necessary.
For example, given a regex defined as ^(aa).*?$
, a match will occur when the line starts with "aa".
However, since the regular expression uses the beginning, ^
, and end $
syntax, the whole string will be matched and eligible for replacements.
Given a response body of aabbccaabbccaa
, the entire body will processed during masking.
ALL values that match the capture group value, in this case aa
, will be replaced.
The response body will then be masked as **bbcc**bbcc**
.
Chase Stratus PAN Matcher
If your proxy is interfacing with the Chase Stratus service, you may be able to take advantage of a default mask.
The chase_stratus_pan
matcher will automatically mask PANs from the Chase Stratus Account Verification and Tokenize responses.
{
"name": "My Chase Stratus proxy",
"destination_url": "<REPLACE WITH CHASE STATUS URL>",
"require_auth": false,
"response_transform": {
"type":"mask",
"matcher":"chase_stratus_pan",
"replacement":"*",
}
}
This mask will return responses as follows:
Account Verification
T74VKiwuJZ7TYGXD4navTHDLZG104240726tst844 *******************0929VI 000000000000CT01USANNXNNNXY\r
Tokenize
T74VEqMOciR1n8le3BhTVvl3zJ104240726 *******************0329DI 000000000000TI6559909009126557 \r
Tokenizing or Detokenizing
In some situations, you may want to tokenize or detokenize data within a transform. In order to do this,
set the application.id
property when creating your Proxy with the id
of an
Application that has been granted the desired permissions.
This will inject a Basis Theory JS instance into the transform request
that is pre-configured for this application. For example:
module.exports = async function (req) {
const token = await req.bt.tokenize({
type: "token",
data: req.args.body.sensitive_value,
});
req.args.body.sensitive_value = token.id;
return {
body: req.args.body,
headers: req.args.headers,
};
};
In the above example, we utilized the injected Basis Theory JS instance to tokenize a property called sensitive_value
on our request body
and passed the token back as the updated sensitive_value
to be forwarded to the configured destination_url
on our Proxy.