Easy local development with a node.js proxy

package.json

{
  "name": "your-app-name",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "http-proxy": "0.8.x",
    "connect": "2.3.x"
  }
}

server.js

var httpProxy = require('http-proxy'),
    connect   = require('connect'),
    endpoint  = {
      host:   'your-app-domain.com', // or IP address
      port:   80,
      prefix: '/api'
    },
    staticDir = 'public';

var proxy = new httpProxy.RoutingProxy();
var app = connect()
  .use(connect.logger('dev'))
  .use(function(req, res) {
    if (req.url.indexOf(endpoint.prefix) === 0) {
      proxy.proxyRequest(req, res, endpoint);
    }
  })
  .use(connect.static(staticDir))
  .listen(4242);

// http://localhost:4242/api/test will give response
// from http://your-app-domain.com/api/test