Chapter 7. NGINX for the Application Developer

Throughout the book so far, we saw how to configure NGINX for a number of different scenarios. What we have not yet done is look at the possibilities that NGINX offers to the application developer. There are a number of ways that NGINX can be integrated directly into your application. We will explore those possibilities in the following sections:

• Caching integration

• Changing content on-the-fly

• Using Server Side Includes

• Decision-making in NGINX

• Creating a secure link

• Generating images

• Tracking website visitors

• Preventing inadvertent code execution