Nest: Nest 6 and app.disable('x-powered-by')

[andreialecu]

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Current behavior

With Nest 6, what is the proper way to disable the x-powered-by: Express header? It seems like disable(...) has been removed.

I don't see any relevant information in the v6 documentation about this particular change.

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
  app.disable('x-powered-by'); // no longer works
  app.use(nocache());
  await app.listen(1338);
}
bootstrap();

Environment

Nest version: 6.0.1

[kamilmysliwiec]

const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(AppModule);
app.disable('x-powered-by');

NestExpressApplication is imported from @nestjs/platform-express package.
see https://docs.nestjs.com/first-steps#platform

[andreialecu]

Thanks. I think the migration guide could use this information as well.

[sajidali]

@kamilmysliwiec interestingly when I tried your suggestion with nest 6.2.4, I am unable to properly remove x-powered-by: Express header. when I add app.disable('x-powered-by'); and check the headers again, the header is changed to capitalised word version X-Powered-By.

I have tried adding both casings as:
app.disable('x-powered-by');
app.disable('X-Powered-By');

but api is still responding with X-Powered-By: Express.

The only thing that worked is overwriting it with custom string.

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    res.header('x-powered-by', 'Blood, sweat, and tears.');
    next();
  });

[shekohex]

@sajidali you can also create an express instance and configure it as you want, and then pass it back to the NestFactory 😃

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