[pnommensen]

Have you seen nginScript (1)? It's a syntax for embedding snippets of JavaScript in your NGINX configuration. This allows for scripting application logic into standard NGINX config files via a very common and simple language. There's some more details and simple examples at this blog post.

(1) https://www.nginx.com/blog/launching-nginscript-and-looking-...

(disclaimer: I work at NGINX)

[nikolay]

Okay, but you have to escape this in the Nginx config! Same issue with Lua! And this is terrible!

[bungle]

there is these days _by_lua_block.

[nikolay]

Thanks! This is really great:

    content_by_lua_block {
        ngx.say("hello, world")
    }