Passed to o3

this removed a bunch of things i wanted though??

main.go

@@ -1,27 +1,66 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 )
 
+// printHelp outputs the usage information.
+func printHelp() {
+	fmt.Println("Usage: HTTP-to-NATS proxy server")
+	fmt.Println("\nThe following environment variables are supported:")
+	fmt.Println("  NATS_URL       - NATS connection URL (default: nats://127.0.0.1:4222)")
+	fmt.Println("  NATS_USER      - NATS username for authentication (optional)")
+	fmt.Println("  NATS_PASSWORD  - NATS password for authentication (optional)")
+	fmt.Println("  HTTP_PORT      - HTTP port to listen on (default: 8080)")
+}
+
 func main() {
-	// Connect to the NATS server
+	helpFlag := flag.Bool("help", false, "Display help information about available environment variables")
-	nc, err := nats.Connect(nats.DefaultURL)
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *helpFlag {
+		printHelp()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	// Read NATS connection info from environment variables
+	natsURL := os.Getenv("NATS_URL")
+	if natsURL == "" {
+		natsURL = nats.DefaultURL // defaults to "nats://127.0.0.1:4222"
+	}
+	natsUser := os.Getenv("NATS_USER")
+	natsPassword := os.Getenv("NATS_PASSWORD")
+
+	// Read HTTP port from environment variables
+	httpPort := os.Getenv("HTTP_PORT")
+	if httpPort == "" {
+		httpPort = "8080"
+	}
+
+	// Set up NATS connection options if authentication info is provided.
+	var opts []nats.Option
+	if natsUser != "" && natsPassword != "" {
+		opts = append(opts, nats.UserInfo(natsUser, natsPassword))
+	}
+
+	nc, err := nats.Connect(natsURL, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Error connecting to NATS:", err)
 	}
 	defer nc.Close()
 
-	// HTTP handler to proxy all requests to NATS
+	// HTTP handler function
 	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		// Read the entire request body (if any)
+		// Read the entire request body
 		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, "Error reading request body", http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -29,55 +68,43 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		defer r.Body.Close()
 
-		// Create the NATS subject.
+		// Drop the leading slash, replace remaining slashes with dots to form the subject
-		// Remove the leading slash from the path and replace remaining slashes with dots.
+		subject := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/"), "/", ".")
-		// The subject is prefixed with "http.<method>.", where <method> is lower-case.
+		// Prefix the subject with "http." to follow the convention
-		path := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
-		subjectPath := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "/", ".")
-		subject := fmt.Sprintf("http.%s.%s", strings.ToLower(r.Method), subjectPath)
-
-		log.Println("Forwarding HTTP", r.Method, "request on", r.URL.Path, "to NATS subject:", subject)
-
-		// Create a new NATS message with the HTTP request body
 		msg := nats.Msg{
-			Subject: subject,
+			Subject: fmt.Sprintf("http.%s", subject),
 			Data:    body,
 			Header:  nats.Header{},
 		}
 
-		// Copy over all the HTTP request headers to the NATS message headers
+		log.Println("Forwarding request to subject:", msg.Subject)
+
+		// Copy HTTP headers to the NATS message headers
 		for key, values := range r.Header {
 			for _, value := range values {
 				msg.Header.Add(key, value)
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Add additional HTTP meta-data as headers
+		// Send request to NATS and wait for reply (timeout: 30 seconds)
-		msg.Header.Set("X-HTTP-Method", r.Method)
-		msg.Header.Set("X-HTTP-Path", r.URL.Path)
-		msg.Header.Set("X-HTTP-Query", r.URL.RawQuery)
-		msg.Header.Set("X-Remote-Addr", r.RemoteAddr)
-
-		// Send the NATS request and wait synchronously for a reply (timeout: 30 seconds)
 		reply, err := nc.RequestMsg(&msg, 30*time.Second)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, "Error processing request", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			log.Println("NATS request error:", err)
+			log.Println("Error processing the request:", err)
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Set any response headers from the NATS reply on the HTTP response
+		// Copy headers from the NATS reply to the HTTP response
 		for key, values := range reply.Header {
 			for _, value := range values {
 				w.Header().Add(key, value)
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Write the reply body (from NATS) back to the HTTP client
+		// Write NATS reply body to HTTP response
 		w.Write(reply.Data)
 	})
 
-	// Start the HTTP server
+	fmt.Println("Server is running on http://localhost:" + httpPort)
-	fmt.Println("Server is running on http://localhost:8080")
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+httpPort, nil))
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
 }