URL Mapping (Reverse proxying) domains, similarly to Discord activities

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
backend-api-design, networking, security

Research direction

Start by comparing the proposed reverse-proxy interface with issue #61 and tracing the existing domain allowlisting path. Clarify the WebSocket and fetch scope, ownership verification, and completion criteria with maintainers; the issue names no files or tests.

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I'd like it if there was an interface for adding a domain that Reddit reverse proxies, so I can connect to it over WebSocket or fetch it without contacting an admin to get my domain allowlisted.

This would effectively prevent the user's IP from being leaked to the service added, so there's less of a security concern. It could be locked behind a DNS TXT record or something if you'd want to verify the user owns the domain.

There is #61, but the overhead of an HTTP request per-event isn't feasible for highly real time applications.

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