Strip out proxy from Rails-based WMS requests

app/controllers/wms_controller.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class WmsController < ApplicationController
+  def handle
+    # Overriding to use NYU Specific WMS Layer class
+    response = NyuGeoblacklight::WmsLayer.new(wms_params).feature_info
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json { render json: response }
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def wms_params
+    params.permit(Settings.GBL_PARAMS)
+  end
+end

lib/nyugeoblacklight/wms_layer.rb

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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module NyuGeoblacklight
+  class WmsLayer < Geoblacklight::WmsLayer
+    def initialize(params)
+      # Overriding to strip proxy from WMS requests made by Rails app
+      params['URL'].gsub!('http://proxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=', '')
+
+      super(params)
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/lib/nyu_geoblacklight/wms_layer_spec.rb

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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe NyuGeoblacklight::WmsLayer do
+  context 'when the URL param contains the NYU proxy' do
+    it 'strips out the NYU proxy' do
+      wms_layer = described_class.new({ 'URL' => 'http://proxy.library.nyu.edu/login?url=http://example.com' })
+
+      expect(wms_layer.url).to eq('http://example.com')
+    end
+  end
+end