# Application Proxies: The New Hotness

DevFeed: [Application Proxies: The New Hotness](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/application-proxies-the-new-hotness-1269.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/17488588-application-proxies-the-new-hotness>)

Author: Shopify Engineering

Published: 2011-11-22T20:17:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces Shopify Application Proxies, which let a Shopify shop page load content from an external location. It explains how to configure the proxy, implement a Rails controller and template, and return Liquid content so Shopify renders the response as a native page.

## Source excerpt

I'm pleased to announce a brand new feature that we recently added to the Shopify API: Application Proxies. These will allow you do develop all kinds of crazy things that weren't possible before, and we're really excited about it. Let me explain. What's an App Proxy? An App Proxy is simply a page within a Shopify shop that loads its content from another location of your choosing.