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basic-http-proxy

v1.0.0

Published

Basic HTTP/S proxy that simply works

Readme

basic-http-proxy

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Basic HTTP/S proxy that simply works. Support both HTTP and HTTPS.

Installation

Type npm install basic-http-proxy -g to install.

How to use

There are few ways to use the proxy:

  • Thru command-line interface
  • Thru another Node.js program
  • Run it in Docker

Running it with command-line interface

Type proxy and it will start listening to port 8080.

To configure it to run under port 8888, set environment variable PORT to 8888.

Running it in Node.js

You can also run the proxy inside another Node.js program.

require('basic-http-proxy')({
  port: 8080
});

Running it with Docker

The proxy server can be run under Docker with node:alpine image.

docker build -t proxy .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 proxy

Configuration

To configure the behavior of the proxy, you can either specify in environment variable, or thru JSON object.

| Env var name | JSON name | Description | Default | | ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------ | ------- | | PORT | port | Port the server will listen to | 8080 |

Roadmap

Check out this list for planned features.

Contributions

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Found a bug? File us an issue.