simplify nginx conf

Author: ahmedkhaleel2004

backend/nginx/api.conf

@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ server {
         return 444;
     }
 
-    # Only allow specific paths with specific methods
-    location ~ ^/(generate(/cost)?|modify)$ {
-
-        # Only allow specific methods
+    # Strictly allow only GET, POST, and OPTIONS requests for the specified paths (defined in my fastapi app)
+    location ~ ^/(generate(/cost)?|modify|)?$ {
         if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|POST|OPTIONS)$) {
             return 444;
         }
@@ -19,40 +17,10 @@ server {
         proxy_redirect off;
     }
 
-    # Allow root path GET requests
-    location = / {
-        if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|OPTIONS)$) {
-            return 444;
-        }
-
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
-        include proxy_params;
-        proxy_redirect off;
-    }
-
     # Return 444 for everything else (no response, just close connection)
     location / {
         return 444;
-    }
-
-    # Block common web crawling targets
-    location = /favicon.ico { 
-        return 404;
-        access_log off;
-        log_not_found off;
-    }
-
-    location = /robots.txt { 
-        return 404;
-        access_log off;
-        log_not_found off;
-    }
-
-    # Block access to hidden files
-    location ~ /\. {
-        deny all;
-        access_log off;
-        log_not_found off;
+        # keep access log on
     }
 
     # Add timeout settings