miniproxy

Run a proxy that routes your different projects using their package.json files.

Uses bouncy as proxy engine.

How does it work?

miniproxy explores your apps directory (configurable) and opens each package.json file. If it finds a routes attribute, it will use it to configure the proxy. Once all the routing info has been gathered, the proxy starts to run.

A basic setup would be:

.
|_ proxy.js
|_ nodes_modules/
|   |_ miniproxy
|_ apps/
    |_ app1/
        |_ package.json
        |_ ...
    |_ app2/
        |_ package.json
        |_ ...
    |_ ...

Example of package.json containing a routes attributes:

{
    "name": "app1",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "routes": {
        "app1.dev": "9001",
        "www.app1.dev": "9001"
    },
    "scripts": {
        "start": "app1.js"
    }
}

After reading this package.json file, miniproxy will route app1.dev and www.app1.dev hosts to localhost:9001.

How to use it

Install module:

npm install miniproxy

Use it (proxy.js file example):

// For each folder inside apps/ directory,
// extract routing info from package.json file
// then start a proxy with these routes on port 80
require('miniproxy').use(__dirname+'/apps').listen(80);

If you want to run your proxy continuously, you can use forever:

forever start proxy.js

Note that your apps are not started by miniproxy. You have to take care of it (launch them with forever may also be a good idea).