https://github.com/jerkeeler/node-proxy

A node server that proxies requests to different ports depending on the url requested.
https://github.com/jerkeeler/node-proxy

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A node server that proxies requests to different ports depending on the url requested.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jerkeeler/node-proxy
• Owner: jerkeeler
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-25T15:03:16.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-08-25T16:13:34.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-16T07:40:20.632Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 145 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# node-proxy

A simple NodeJS server that proxies url requests to certain ports. At

the moment this proxy only proxies to server processes that are running on the

same machine as this proxy. This means that you cannot map your personal url to

Google, for example.

## Installation

To install the proxy clone this repository, edit the routes.js file in the config

folder to the machine's ip address and the required url to port mappings, and then run the app.js file with

node. You can do this by typing these commands in order:

```

git clone https://github.com/jer-keel/node-proxy.git

cd node-proxy

npm install --production

vim config/routes.js (or any editor of your choice)

node app.js [optional port number]

```

## Tips and Tricks

To keep the proxy server up without having to worry about it going down try out

the [forever module](https://github.com/foreverjs/forever). Then start up the

proxy by running:

```

forever start app.js

```

Another neat NodeJS module that might be useful is [nodemon](https://github.com/remy/nodemon)

which restarts a server whenever a file change occurs. If you want to start the

proxy and add url mappings without having to manually restart this is a great

choice. After installed start the proxy by running:

```

nodemon app.js

```

It would be cool to combine these two, but I have yet to figure that out, maybe

somebody else has more time on their hands ;)

## License

This software is distributed under the MIT License. Feel free to read the full

text in the LICENSE file. In summary it says you can do whatever you want and

that I am not liable for any issues.