web services over abs proxy but dynamic port?

[Blakeinstein]

I am running into the problem of being able to host my dev server on dynamic ports.

As per this https://coder.com/docs/code-server/v3.11.0/guide#proxying-to-create-a-react-app
I can proxy my content to that url but I will never know the port.

[jsjoeio]

Hmm... 🤔 In your project, which piece is in charge of setting the port?

i.e. I know in CRA, you can use the PORT environment variable (source)

[jsjoeio]

Hmmm... okay reiterating the problem in my own words, we want to know how to access web services over the absolute proxy using a dynamic port?

It's almost like you need middleware to handle the dynamic port, right? Like a layer in between code-server's abs proxy and your web services 🤔

Maybe @code-asher has a good idea how to solve this.

[code-asher]

I think the built-in extension we aim to build should resolve this. It will look for ports with something running on them then show that in VS Code so they can be clicked and opened.

[code-asher]

#1944

[Blakeinstein]

Can we integrate this with the simple browser inside code-server? and somehow pipe that through code-server?

[code-asher]

Yeah that seems like a cool feature.