bunch of refactoring

Ocelot.sln

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		build.bat = build.bat
 		global.json = global.json
 		LICENSE.md = LICENSE.md
+		Ocelot.nuspec = Ocelot.nuspec
+		push-to-nuget.bat = push-to-nuget.bat
 		README.md = README.md
 		run-benchmarks.bat = run-benchmarks.bat
 		run-tests.bat = run-tests.bat

src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.DependencyInjection
             services.AddSingleton<IAddHeadersToRequest, AddHeadersToRequest>();
             services.AddSingleton<IClaimsParser, ClaimsParser>();
             services.AddSingleton<IUrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcher, RegExUrlMatcher>();
-            services.AddSingleton<ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder, TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder>();
-            services.AddSingleton<IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer, DownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder, UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer, DownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer>();
             services.AddSingleton<IDownstreamRouteFinder, DownstreamRouteFinder.Finder.DownstreamRouteFinder>();
             services.AddSingleton<IHttpRequester, HttpClientHttpRequester>();
             services.AddSingleton<IHttpResponder, HttpContextResponder>();

src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRoute.cs

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder
 {
     public class DownstreamRoute
     {
-        public DownstreamRoute(List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> templateVariableNameAndValues, ReRoute reRoute)
+        public DownstreamRoute(List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> templatePlaceholderNameAndValues, ReRoute reRoute)
         {
-            TemplateVariableNameAndValues = templateVariableNameAndValues;
+            TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues = templatePlaceholderNameAndValues;
             ReRoute = reRoute;
         }
-        public List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> TemplateVariableNameAndValues { get; private set; }
+        public List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues { get; private set; }
         public ReRoute ReRoute { get; private set; }
     }
 }

src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/Finder/DownstreamRouteFinder.cs

@@ -12,29 +12,28 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.Finder
     {
         private readonly IOcelotConfigurationProvider _configProvider;
         private readonly IUrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcher _urlMatcher;
-        private readonly ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder _templateVariableNameAndValueFinder;
+        private readonly IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder _urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder;
 
-        public DownstreamRouteFinder(IOcelotConfigurationProvider configProvider, IUrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcher urlMatcher, ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder templateVariableNameAndValueFinder)
+        public DownstreamRouteFinder(IOcelotConfigurationProvider configProvider, IUrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcher urlMatcher, IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder)
         {
             _configProvider = configProvider;
             _urlMatcher = urlMatcher;
-            _templateVariableNameAndValueFinder = templateVariableNameAndValueFinder;
+            _urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder = urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder;
         }
 
         public Response<DownstreamRoute> FindDownstreamRoute(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamHttpMethod)
         {
             var configuration = _configProvider.Get();
 
-            foreach (var template in configuration.Data.ReRoutes.Where(r => string.Equals(r.UpstreamHttpMethod, upstreamHttpMethod, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)))
+            foreach (var reRoute in configuration.Data.ReRoutes.Where(r => string.Equals(r.UpstreamHttpMethod, upstreamHttpMethod, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)))
             {
-                var urlMatch = _urlMatcher.Match(upstreamUrlPath, template.UpstreamTemplatePattern);
+                var urlMatch = _urlMatcher.Match(upstreamUrlPath, reRoute.UpstreamTemplatePattern);
 
                 if (urlMatch.Data.Match)
                 {
-                    var templateVariableNameAndValues = _templateVariableNameAndValueFinder.Find(upstreamUrlPath,
-                        template.UpstreamTemplate);
+                    var templateVariableNameAndValues = _urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.Find(upstreamUrlPath, reRoute.UpstreamTemplate);
 
-                    return new OkResponse<DownstreamRoute>(new DownstreamRoute(templateVariableNameAndValues.Data, template));
+                    return new OkResponse<DownstreamRoute>(new DownstreamRoute(templateVariableNameAndValues.Data, reRoute));
                 }
             }
         

src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder.cs

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using Ocelot.Responses;
-
-namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
-{
-    public interface ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder
-    {
-        Response<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>> Find(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamUrlPathTemplate);
-    }
-}

src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Ocelot.Responses;
+
+namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
+{
+    public interface IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder
+    {
+        Response<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>> Find(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamUrlPathTemplate);
+    }
+}

src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
 {
-    public class TemplateVariableNameAndValue
+    public class UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue
     {
-        public TemplateVariableNameAndValue(string templateVariableName, string templateVariableValue)
+        public UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue(string templateVariableName, string templateVariableValue)
         {
             TemplateVariableName = templateVariableName;
             TemplateVariableValue = templateVariableValue;

src/Ocelot/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder.cs

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
 {
-    public class TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder : ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder
+    public class UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder : IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder
     {
-        public Response<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>> Find(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamUrlPathTemplate)
+        public Response<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>> Find(string upstreamUrlPath, string upstreamUrlPathTemplate)
         {
-            var templateKeysAndValues = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>();
+            var templateKeysAndValues = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>();
 
             int counterForUrl = 0;
          
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
                         
                         var variableValue = GetPlaceholderVariableValue(upstreamUrlPath, counterForUrl);
 
-                        var templateVariableNameAndValue = new TemplateVariableNameAndValue(variableName, variableValue);
+                        var templateVariableNameAndValue = new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue(variableName, variableValue);
 
                         templateKeysAndValues.Add(templateVariableNameAndValue);
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    return new OkResponse<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>>(templateKeysAndValues);
+                    return new OkResponse<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>>(templateKeysAndValues);
                 }
                 counterForUrl++;
             }
 
-            return new OkResponse<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>>(templateKeysAndValues);
+            return new OkResponse<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>>(templateKeysAndValues);
         }
 
         private string GetPlaceholderVariableValue(string urlPath, int counterForUrl)

src/Ocelot/DownstreamUrlCreator/Middleware/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware.cs

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.Middleware
     public class DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware : OcelotMiddleware
     {
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
-        private readonly IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer _urlReplacer;
+        private readonly IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer _urlReplacer;
         private readonly IRequestScopedDataRepository _requestScopedDataRepository;
 
         public DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
-            IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer urlReplacer,
+            IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer urlReplacer,
             IRequestScopedDataRepository requestScopedDataRepository)
             :base(requestScopedDataRepository)
         {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.Middleware
                 return;
             }
 
-            var downstreamUrl = _urlReplacer.ReplaceTemplateVariables(downstreamRoute.Data);
+            var downstreamUrl = _urlReplacer.Replace(downstreamRoute.Data.ReRoute.DownstreamTemplate, downstreamRoute.Data.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues);
 
             if (downstreamUrl.IsError)
             {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.Middleware
                 return;
             }
 
-            _requestScopedDataRepository.Add("DownstreamUrl", downstreamUrl.Data);
+            _requestScopedDataRepository.Add("DownstreamUrl", downstreamUrl.Data.Value);
                 
             await _next.Invoke(context);
         }

src/Ocelot/DownstreamUrlCreator/UrlTemplateReplacer/DownstreamUrl.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
+{
+    public class DownstreamUrl
+    {
+        public DownstreamUrl(string value)
+        {
+            Value = value;
+        }
+
+        public string Value { get; private set; }
+    }
+}

src/Ocelot/DownstreamUrlCreator/UrlTemplateReplacer/DownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer.cs

@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder;
+using Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher;
 using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
 {
-    public class DownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer : IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer
+    public class DownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer : IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer
     {
-        public Response<string> ReplaceTemplateVariables(DownstreamRoute downstreamRoute)
+        public Response<DownstreamUrl> Replace(string downstreamTemplate, List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValues)
         {
             var upstreamUrl = new StringBuilder();
 
-            upstreamUrl.Append(downstreamRoute.ReRoute.DownstreamTemplate);
+            upstreamUrl.Append(downstreamTemplate);
 
-            foreach (var templateVarAndValue in downstreamRoute.TemplateVariableNameAndValues)
+            foreach (var placeholderVariableAndValue in urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValues)
             {
-                upstreamUrl.Replace(templateVarAndValue.TemplateVariableName, templateVarAndValue.TemplateVariableValue);
+                upstreamUrl.Replace(placeholderVariableAndValue.TemplateVariableName, placeholderVariableAndValue.TemplateVariableValue);
             }
 
-            return new OkResponse<string>(upstreamUrl.ToString());
+            return new OkResponse<DownstreamUrl>(new DownstreamUrl(upstreamUrl.ToString()));
         }
     }
 }

src/Ocelot/DownstreamUrlCreator/UrlTemplateReplacer/IDownstreamUrlPathTemplateVariableReplacer.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-using Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher;
 using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
 {
-    public interface IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer
+    public interface IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer
     {
-        Response<string> ReplaceTemplateVariables(DownstreamRoute downstreamRoute);   
+        Response<DownstreamUrl> Replace(string downstreamTemplate, List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> urlPathPlaceholderNameAndValues);   
     }
 }

src/Ocelot/Middleware/ExceptionHandlerMiddleware.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Middleware
+{
+    public class ExceptionHandlerMiddleware 
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+        public ExceptionHandlerMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
+        {
+            _next = next;
+            _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<ExceptionHandlerMiddleware>();
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await _next.Invoke(context);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(new EventId(1, "global error"), "Exception caught in global error handler", e);
+                context.Response.StatusCode = 500;
+                context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
+                await context.Response.WriteAsync("Internal Server Error");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Ocelot/Middleware/ExceptionHandlerMiddlewareExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Middleware
+{
+    public static class ExceptionHandlerMiddlewareExtensions
+    {
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseExceptionHandlerMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<ExceptionHandlerMiddleware>();
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Ocelot/Middleware/OcelotMiddlewareExtensions.cs

@@ -19,22 +19,34 @@ namespace Ocelot.Middleware
     {
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseOcelot(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
         {
-            builder.UseHttpResponderMiddleware();
+            // This is registered to catch any global exceptions that are not handled
+            builder.UseExceptionHandlerMiddleware();
 
+            // This is registered first so it can catch any errors and issue an appropriate response
+            builder.UseHttpErrorResponderMiddleware();
+
+            // Then we get the downstream route information
             builder.UseDownstreamRouteFinderMiddleware();
 
+            // Now we know where the client is going to go we can authenticate them
             builder.UseAuthenticationMiddleware();
 
+            // The next thing we do is look at any claims transforms in case this is important for authorisation
             builder.UseClaimsBuilderMiddleware();
 
+            // Now we have authenticated and done any claims transformation we can authorise the request
             builder.UseAuthorisationMiddleware();
 
+            // Now we can run any header transformation logic
             builder.UseHttpRequestHeadersBuilderMiddleware();
 
+            // This takes the downstream route we retrieved earlier and replaces any placeholders with the variables that should be used
             builder.UseDownstreamUrlCreatorMiddleware();
 
+            // Everything should now be ready to build or HttpRequest
             builder.UseHttpRequestBuilderMiddleware();
 
+            //We fire off the request and set the response on the context in this middleware
             builder.UseHttpRequesterMiddleware();
 
             return builder;
@@ -44,7 +56,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Middleware
         {
             builder.UseIfNotNull(middlewareConfiguration.PreHttpResponderMiddleware);
 
-            builder.UseHttpResponderMiddleware();
+            builder.UseHttpErrorResponderMiddleware();
 
             builder.UseIfNotNull(middlewareConfiguration.PostHttpResponderMiddleware);
 

src/Ocelot/RequestBuilder/Builder/HttpRequestBuilder.cs

@@ -22,18 +22,13 @@ namespace Ocelot.RequestBuilder.Builder
 
             if (content != null)
             {
-                using (var reader = new StreamReader(content))
-                {
-                    var body = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
-                    httpRequestMessage.Content = new StringContent(body);
-                }
+                httpRequestMessage.Content = new StreamContent(content);
             }
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
             {
-                var splitCt = contentType.Split(';');
-                var cT = splitCt[0];
-                httpRequestMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(cT);
+                httpRequestMessage.Content.Headers.Remove("Content-Type");
+                httpRequestMessage.Content.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", contentType); 
             }
 
             //todo get rid of if
@@ -50,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.RequestBuilder.Builder
                     //todo get rid of if..
                     if (header.Key.ToLower() != "host")
                     {
-                        httpRequestMessage.Headers.Add(header.Key, header.Value.ToArray());
+                        httpRequestMessage.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(header.Key, header.Value.ToArray());
                     }
                 }
             }

src/Ocelot/Requester/Middleware/HttpRequesterMiddleware.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Ocelot.Infrastructure.RequestData;
 using Ocelot.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.RequestBuilder;
+using Ocelot.Responder;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Requester.Middleware
 {
@@ -11,15 +12,18 @@ namespace Ocelot.Requester.Middleware
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly IHttpRequester _requester;
         private readonly IRequestScopedDataRepository _requestScopedDataRepository;
+        private readonly IHttpResponder _responder;
 
         public HttpRequesterMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
             IHttpRequester requester, 
-            IRequestScopedDataRepository requestScopedDataRepository)
+            IRequestScopedDataRepository requestScopedDataRepository, 
+            IHttpResponder responder)
             :base(requestScopedDataRepository)
         {
             _next = next;
             _requester = requester;
             _requestScopedDataRepository = requestScopedDataRepository;
+            _responder = responder;
         }
 
         public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
@@ -40,7 +44,12 @@ namespace Ocelot.Requester.Middleware
                 return;
             }
 
-            _requestScopedDataRepository.Add("Response", response.Data);            
+            var setResponse = await _responder.SetResponseOnHttpContext(context, response.Data);
+
+            if (setResponse.IsError)
+            {
+                SetPipelineError(response.Errors);
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/Ocelot/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Responder
 {
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder
     /// </summary>
     public class HttpContextResponder : IHttpResponder
     {
-        public async Task<HttpContext> CreateResponse(HttpContext context, HttpResponseMessage response)
+        public async Task<Response> SetResponseOnHttpContext(HttpContext context, HttpResponseMessage response)
         {
             context.Response.OnStarting(x =>
             {
@@ -19,17 +20,17 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder
             }, context);
 
             await context.Response.WriteAsync(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
-            return context;       
+            return new OkResponse();       
         }
 
-        public async Task<HttpContext> CreateErrorResponse(HttpContext context, int statusCode)
+        public async Task<Response> SetErrorResponseOnContext(HttpContext context, int statusCode)
         {
             context.Response.OnStarting(x =>
             {
                 context.Response.StatusCode = statusCode;
                 return Task.CompletedTask;
             }, context);
-            return context;
+            return new OkResponse();
         }
     }
 }

src/Ocelot/Responder/IHttpResponder.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Ocelot.Responses;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Responder
 {
     public interface IHttpResponder
     {
-        Task<HttpContext> CreateResponse(HttpContext context, HttpResponseMessage response);
-        Task<HttpContext> CreateErrorResponse(HttpContext context, int statusCode);
+        Task<Response> SetResponseOnHttpContext(HttpContext context, HttpResponseMessage response);
+        Task<Response> SetErrorResponseOnContext(HttpContext context, int statusCode);
     }
 }

src/Ocelot/Responder/Middleware/HttpErrorResponderMiddleware.cs

@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ using Ocelot.Middleware;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Responder.Middleware
 {
-    public class HttpResponderMiddleware : OcelotMiddleware
+    public class HttpErrorResponderMiddleware : OcelotMiddleware
     {
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly IHttpResponder _responder;
         private readonly IRequestScopedDataRepository _requestScopedDataRepository;
         private readonly IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper _codeMapper;
 
-        public HttpResponderMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
+        public HttpErrorResponderMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, 
             IHttpResponder responder,
             IRequestScopedDataRepository requestScopedDataRepository, 
             IErrorsToHttpStatusCodeMapper codeMapper)
@@ -37,18 +37,12 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder.Middleware
 
                 if (!statusCode.IsError)
                 {
-                    await _responder.CreateErrorResponse(context, statusCode.Data);
+                    await _responder.SetErrorResponseOnContext(context, statusCode.Data);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    await _responder.CreateErrorResponse(context, 500);
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var response = _requestScopedDataRepository.Get<HttpResponseMessage>("Response");
-
-                await _responder.CreateResponse(context, response.Data);
+                    await _responder.SetErrorResponseOnContext(context, 500);
+                }
             }
         }
     }

src/Ocelot/Responder/Middleware/HttpResponderMiddlewareExtensions.cs

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder.Middleware
 {
     public static class HttpResponderMiddlewareExtensions
     {
-        public static IApplicationBuilder UseHttpResponderMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
+        public static IApplicationBuilder UseHttpErrorResponderMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
         {
-            return builder.UseMiddleware<HttpResponderMiddleware>();
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<HttpErrorResponderMiddleware>();
         }
     }
 }

test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/CustomMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
@@ -67,8 +68,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
             {
                 PreHttpRequesterMiddleware = async (ctx, next) =>
                 {
-                    var service = ctx.RequestServices.GetService<IRequestScopedDataRepository>();
-                    service.Add("Response", new HttpResponseMessage {Content = new StringContent("PreHttpRequesterMiddleware")});
+                    await ctx.Response.WriteAsync("PreHttpRequesterMiddleware");
                 }
             };
 
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
                 .UseUrls(url)
                 .Configure(app =>
                 {
-                    app.Run(async context =>
+                    app.Run(context =>
                     {
                         context.Response.StatusCode = statusCode;
+                        return Task.CompletedTask;
                     });
                 })
                 .Build();

test/Ocelot.ManualTest/configuration.yaml

@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ ReRoutes:
 - DownstreamTemplate: http://www.bbc.co.uk
   UpstreamTemplate: /
   UpstreamHttpMethod: Get
+- DownstreamTemplate: http://localhost:51879/api/products/{productId}
+  UpstreamTemplate: /products/{productId}
+  UpstreamHttpMethod: Get

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Authentication/AuthenticationMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Authentication
         [Fact]
         public void happy_path()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteIs(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteIs(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheMiddleware())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenNoExceptionsAreThrown())
                 .BDDfy();

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Authorization/AuthorisationMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Authorization
         [Fact]
         public void happy_path()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteIs(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithIsAuthorised(true).Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteIs(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithIsAuthorised(true).Build())))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheAuthServiceReturns(new OkResponse<bool>(true)))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheMiddleware())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheAuthServiceIsCalledCorrectly())

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/ClaimsBuilder/ClaimsBuilderMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.ClaimsBuilder
         [Fact]
         public void happy_path()
         {
-            var downstreamRoute = new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(),
+            var downstreamRoute = new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(),
                 new ReRouteBuilder()
                     .WithDownstreamTemplate("any old string")
                     .WithClaimsToClaims(new List<ClaimToThing>

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
         [Fact]
         public void happy_path()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteFinderReturns(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("any old string").Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteFinderReturns(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("any old string").Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheMiddleware())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheScopedDataRepositoryIsCalledCorrectly())
                 .BDDfy();

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/DownstreamRouteFinderTests.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
         private readonly IDownstreamRouteFinder _downstreamRouteFinder;
         private readonly Mock<IOcelotConfigurationProvider> _mockConfig;
         private readonly Mock<IUrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcher> _mockMatcher;
-        private readonly Mock<ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder> _finder;
+        private readonly Mock<IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder> _finder;
         private string _upstreamUrlPath;
         private Response<DownstreamRoute> _result;
         private List<ReRoute> _reRoutesConfig;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
         {
             _mockConfig = new Mock<IOcelotConfigurationProvider>();
             _mockMatcher = new Mock<IUrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcher>();
-            _finder = new Mock<ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder>();
+            _finder = new Mock<IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder>();
             _downstreamRouteFinder = new Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.Finder.DownstreamRouteFinder(_mockConfig.Object, _mockMatcher.Object, _finder.Object);
         }
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                 .And(
                     x =>
                         x.GivenTheTemplateVariableAndNameFinderReturns(
-                            new OkResponse<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>>(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>())))
+                            new OkResponse<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>>(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>())))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheConfigurationIs(new List<ReRoute>
                 {
                     new ReRouteBuilder()
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheUpstreamHttpMethodIs("Get"))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheFinder())
                 .Then(
-                    x => x.ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(),
+                    x => x.ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(),
                         new ReRouteBuilder()
                             .WithDownstreamTemplate("someDownstreamPath")
                             .Build()
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                 .And(
                     x =>
                         x.GivenTheTemplateVariableAndNameFinderReturns(
-                            new OkResponse<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>>(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>())))
+                            new OkResponse<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>>(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>())))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheConfigurationIs(new List<ReRoute>
                 {
                     new ReRouteBuilder()
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheUpstreamHttpMethodIs("Post"))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheFinder())
                 .Then(
-                    x => x.ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(),
+                    x => x.ThenTheFollowingIsReturned(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(),
                         new ReRouteBuilder()
                             .WithDownstreamTemplate("someDownstreamPathForAPost")
                             .Build()
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
                  .BDDfy();
         }
 
-        private void GivenTheTemplateVariableAndNameFinderReturns(Response<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>> response)
+        private void GivenTheTemplateVariableAndNameFinderReturns(Response<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>> response)
         {
             _finder
                 .Setup(x => x.Find(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>()))
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder
         {
             _result.Data.ReRoute.DownstreamTemplate.ShouldBe(expected.ReRoute.DownstreamTemplate);
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < _result.Data.TemplateVariableNameAndValues.Count; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < _result.Data.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues.Count; i++)
             {
-                _result.Data.TemplateVariableNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableName.ShouldBe(
-                    expected.TemplateVariableNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableName);
+                _result.Data.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableName.ShouldBe(
+                    expected.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableName);
 
-                _result.Data.TemplateVariableNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableValue.ShouldBe(
-                    expected.TemplateVariableNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableValue);
+                _result.Data.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableValue.ShouldBe(
+                    expected.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues[i].TemplateVariableValue);
             }
             
             _result.IsError.ShouldBeFalse();

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamRouteFinder/UrlMatcher/TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinderTests.cs

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
 {
     public class UrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcherTests 
     {
-        private readonly ITemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder _finder;
+        private readonly IUrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder _finder;
         private string _downstreamUrlPath;
         private string _downstreamPathTemplate;
-        private Response<List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>> _result;
+        private Response<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>> _result;
 
         public UrlPathToUrlTemplateMatcherTests()
         {
-            _finder = new TemplateVariableNameAndValueFinder();
+            _finder = new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValueFinder();
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath(""))
                 .And(x => x.GivenIHaveAnUpstreamUrlTemplate(""))
                 .When(x => x.WhenIFindTheUrlVariableNamesAndValues())
-                .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()))
+                .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()))
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api"))
                  .Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAnUpstreamUrlTemplate("api"))
                  .When(x => x.WhenIFindTheUrlVariableNamesAndValues())
-                 .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()))
+                 .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()))
                  .BDDfy();
         }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/"))
                  .Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAnUpstreamUrlTemplate("api/"))
                  .When(x => x.WhenIFindTheUrlVariableNamesAndValues())
-                 .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()))
+                 .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()))
                  .BDDfy();
         }
 
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/"))
               .Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAnUpstreamUrlTemplate("api/product/products/"))
               .When(x => x.WhenIFindTheUrlVariableNamesAndValues())
-              .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()))
+              .And(x => x.ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()))
               .BDDfy();
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_one_place_holder()
         {
-            var expectedTemplates = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> 
+            var expectedTemplates = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> 
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/1"))
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
         [Fact]
         public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_two_place_holders()
         {
-            var expectedTemplates = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> 
+            var expectedTemplates = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> 
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/1/2"))
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
         [Fact]
         public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_two_place_holders_seperated_by_something()
         {
-            var expectedTemplates = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> 
+            var expectedTemplates = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> 
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/1/categories/2"))
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
         [Fact]
         public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_three_place_holders_seperated_by_something()
         {
-            var expectedTemplates = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> 
+            var expectedTemplates = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> 
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{variantId}", "123")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{variantId}", "123")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/1/categories/2/variant/123"))
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
         [Fact]
         public void can_match_down_stream_url_with_downstream_template_with_three_place_holders()
         {
-            var expectedTemplates = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> 
+            var expectedTemplates = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> 
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "2")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveAUpstreamPath("api/product/products/1/categories/2/variant/"))
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamRouteFinder.UrlMatcher
                  .BDDfy();
         }
 
-        private void ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue> expectedResults)
+        private void ThenTheTemplatesVariablesAre(List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue> expectedResults)
         {
             foreach (var expectedResult in expectedResults)
             {

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamUrlCreator/DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator
 {
     public class DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareTests : IDisposable
     {
-        private readonly Mock<IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer> _downstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer;
+        private readonly Mock<IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer> _downstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer;
         private readonly Mock<IRequestScopedDataRepository> _scopedRepository;
         private readonly string _url;
         private readonly TestServer _server;
         private readonly HttpClient _client;
         private Response<DownstreamRoute> _downstreamRoute;
         private HttpResponseMessage _result;
-        private OkResponse<string> _downstreamUrl;
+        private OkResponse<DownstreamUrl> _downstreamUrl;
 
         public DownstreamUrlCreatorMiddlewareTests()
         {
             _url = "http://localhost:51879";
-            _downstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer = new Mock<IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer>();
+            _downstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer = new Mock<IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer>();
             _scopedRepository = new Mock<IRequestScopedDataRepository>();
 
             var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator
         [Fact]
         public void happy_path()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteIs(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("any old string").Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenTheDownStreamRouteIs(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("any old string").Build())))
                 .And(x => x.TheUrlReplacerReturns("any old string"))
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheMiddleware())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheScopedDataRepositoryIsCalledCorrectly())
@@ -67,16 +67,16 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator
 
         private void TheUrlReplacerReturns(string downstreamUrl)
         {
-            _downstreamUrl = new OkResponse<string>(downstreamUrl);
+            _downstreamUrl = new OkResponse<DownstreamUrl>(new DownstreamUrl(downstreamUrl));
             _downstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer
-                .Setup(x => x.ReplaceTemplateVariables(It.IsAny<DownstreamRoute>()))
+                .Setup(x => x.Replace(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>>()))
                 .Returns(_downstreamUrl);
         }
 
         private void ThenTheScopedDataRepositoryIsCalledCorrectly()
         {
             _scopedRepository
-                .Verify(x => x.Add("DownstreamUrl", _downstreamUrl.Data), Times.Once());
+                .Verify(x => x.Add("DownstreamUrl", _downstreamUrl.Data.Value), Times.Once());
         }
 
         private void WhenICallTheMiddleware()

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/DownstreamUrlCreator/UrlTemplateReplacer/UpstreamUrlPathTemplateVariableReplacerTests.cs

@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
     public class UpstreamUrlPathTemplateVariableReplacerTests
     {
         private DownstreamRoute _downstreamRoute;
-        private Response<string> _result;
-        private readonly IDownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer _downstreamUrlPathReplacer;
+        private Response<DownstreamUrl> _result;
+        private readonly IDownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer _downstreamUrlPathReplacer;
 
         public UpstreamUrlPathTemplateVariableReplacerTests()
         {
-            _downstreamUrlPathReplacer = new DownstreamUrlTemplateVariableReplacer();
+            _downstreamUrlPathReplacer = new DownstreamUrlPathPlaceholderReplacer();
         }
 
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_no_template_variables()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenIReplaceTheTemplateVariables())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheDownstreamUrlPathIsReturned(""))
                 .BDDfy();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_no_template_variables_with_slash()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("/").Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("/").Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenIReplaceTheTemplateVariables())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheDownstreamUrlPathIsReturned("/"))
                 .BDDfy();
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_no_slash()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("api").Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("api").Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenIReplaceTheTemplateVariables())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheDownstreamUrlPathIsReturned("api"))
                 .BDDfy();
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_one_slash()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("api/").Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("api/").Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenIReplaceTheTemplateVariables())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheDownstreamUrlPathIsReturned("api/"))
                 .BDDfy();
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_multiple_slash()
         {
-            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("api/product/products/").Build())))
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(), new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("api/product/products/").Build())))
                 .When(x => x.WhenIReplaceTheTemplateVariables())
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheDownstreamUrlPathIsReturned("api/product/products/"))
                 .BDDfy();
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_one_template_variable()
         {
-            var templateVariables = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()
+            var templateVariables = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(templateVariables, new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("productservice/products/{productId}/").Build())))
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_one_template_variable_with_path_after()
         {
-            var templateVariables = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()
+            var templateVariables = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(templateVariables, new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("productservice/products/{productId}/variants").Build())))
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
         [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_two_template_variable()
         {
-            var templateVariables = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()
+            var templateVariables = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{variantId}", "12")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{variantId}", "12")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(templateVariables, new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("productservice/products/{productId}/variants/{variantId}").Build())))
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
            [Fact]
         public void can_replace_url_three_template_variable()
         {
-            var templateVariables = new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>()
+            var templateVariables = new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>()
             {
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{variantId}", "12"),
-                new TemplateVariableNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "34")
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{productId}", "1"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{variantId}", "12"),
+                new UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue("{categoryId}", "34")
             };
 
             this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAUrlMatch(new DownstreamRoute(templateVariables, new ReRouteBuilder().WithDownstreamTemplate("productservice/category/{categoryId}/products/{productId}/variants/{variantId}").Build())))
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.DownstreamUrlCreator.UrlTemplateReplacer
 
         private void WhenIReplaceTheTemplateVariables()
         {
-            _result = _downstreamUrlPathReplacer.ReplaceTemplateVariables(_downstreamRoute);
+            _result = _downstreamUrlPathReplacer.Replace(_downstreamRoute.ReRoute.DownstreamTemplate, _downstreamRoute.TemplatePlaceholderNameAndValues);
         }
 
         private void ThenTheDownstreamUrlPathIsReturned(string expected)
         {
-            _result.Data.ShouldBe(expected);
+            _result.Data.Value.ShouldBe(expected);
         }
     }
 }

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/HeaderBuilder/HttpRequestHeadersBuilderMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.HeaderBuilder
         [Fact]
         public void happy_path()
         {
-            var downstreamRoute = new DownstreamRoute(new List<TemplateVariableNameAndValue>(),
+            var downstreamRoute = new DownstreamRoute(new List<UrlPathPlaceholderNameAndValue>(),
                 new ReRouteBuilder()
                     .WithDownstreamTemplate("any old string")
                     .WithClaimsToHeaders(new List<ClaimToThing>

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/RequestBuilder/RequestBuilderTests.cs

@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.RequestBuilder
                .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_use_unvalidated_http_content_headers()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenIHaveHttpMethod("POST"))
+                .And(x => x.GivenIHaveDownstreamUrl("http://www.bbc.co.uk"))
+                .And(x => x.GivenIHaveTheHttpContent(new StringContent("Hi from Tom")))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheContentTypeIs("application/json; charset=utf-8"))
+               .When(x => x.WhenICreateARequest())
+               .And(x => x.ThenTheCorrectContentHeadersAreUsed(new HeaderDictionary
+                {
+                    {
+                        "Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+                    }
+                }))
+               .BDDfy();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void should_use_headers()
         {

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Requester/HttpRequesterMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Moq;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ using Ocelot.Infrastructure.RequestData;
 using Ocelot.RequestBuilder;
 using Ocelot.Requester;
 using Ocelot.Requester.Middleware;
+using Ocelot.Responder;
 using Ocelot.Responses;
 using TestStack.BDDfy;
 using Xunit;
@@ -26,16 +28,19 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Requester
         private HttpResponseMessage _result;
         private OkResponse<HttpResponseMessage> _response;
         private OkResponse<Request> _request;
+        private readonly Mock<IHttpResponder> _responder;
 
         public HttpRequesterMiddlewareTests()
         {
             _url = "http://localhost:51879";
             _requester = new Mock<IHttpRequester>();
             _scopedRepository = new Mock<IRequestScopedDataRepository>();
+            _responder = new Mock<IHttpResponder>();
 
             var builder = new WebHostBuilder()
               .ConfigureServices(x =>
               {
+                  x.AddSingleton(_responder.Object);
                   x.AddSingleton(_requester.Object);
                   x.AddSingleton(_scopedRepository.Object);
               })
@@ -58,8 +63,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Requester
         {
             this.Given(x => x.GivenTheRequestIs(new Request(new HttpRequestMessage(),new CookieContainer())))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheRequesterReturns(new HttpResponseMessage()))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheResponderReturns())
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheMiddleware())
-                .Then(x => x.ThenTheScopedDataRepositoryIsCalledCorrectly())
+                .Then(x => x.ThenTheResponderIsCalledCorrectly())
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
@@ -71,10 +77,17 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Requester
                 .ReturnsAsync(_response);
         }
 
-        private void ThenTheScopedDataRepositoryIsCalledCorrectly()
+        private void GivenTheResponderReturns()
         {
-            _scopedRepository
-                .Verify(x => x.Add("Response", _response.Data), Times.Once());
+            _responder
+                .Setup(x => x.SetResponseOnHttpContext(It.IsAny<HttpContext>(), _response.Data))
+                .ReturnsAsync(new OkResponse());
+        }
+
+        private void ThenTheResponderIsCalledCorrectly()
+        {
+            _responder
+                .Verify(x => x.SetResponseOnHttpContext(It.IsAny<HttpContext>(), _response.Data), Times.Once());
         }
 
         private void WhenICallTheMiddleware()

test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Responder/HttpErrorResponderMiddlewareTests.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using Xunit;
 
 namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
 {
-    public class HttpResponderMiddlewareTests : IDisposable
+    public class HttpErrorResponderMiddlewareTests : IDisposable
     {
         private readonly Mock<IHttpResponder> _responder;
         private readonly Mock<IRequestScopedDataRepository> _scopedRepository;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
         private HttpResponseMessage _result;
         private OkResponse<HttpResponseMessage> _response;
 
-        public HttpResponderMiddlewareTests()
+        public HttpErrorResponderMiddlewareTests()
         {
             _url = "http://localhost:51879";
             _responder = new Mock<IHttpResponder>();
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
               .UseUrls(_url)
               .Configure(app =>
               {
-                  app.UseHttpResponderMiddleware();
+                  app.UseHttpErrorResponderMiddleware();
               });
 
             _server = new TestServer(builder);
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
             this.Given(x => x.GivenTheHttpResponseMessageIs(new HttpResponseMessage()))
                 .And(x => x.GivenThereAreNoPipelineErrors())
                 .When(x => x.WhenICallTheMiddleware())
-                .Then(x => x.TheResponderIsCalledCorrectly())
+                .Then(x => x.ThenThereAreNoErrors())
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Responder
                 .Returns(new OkResponse<bool>(false));
         }
 
-        private void TheResponderIsCalledCorrectly()
+        private void ThenThereAreNoErrors()
         {
-            _responder
-                .Verify(x => x.CreateResponse(It.IsAny<HttpContext>(), _response.Data), Times.Once);
+            //todo a better assert?
         }
 
         private void WhenICallTheMiddleware()