tunnel insecure https to http

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settings.js

index.js

'use strict';

/*
 * Will also work for insecure tunnels (hopefully locally).
 */

const https = require('https')
const httpProxy = require('http-proxy')
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8888

function requireSettings() {
    return require('./settings.js');
}

function checkSettings(settings) {
    if (!settings.host || !settings.target) {
        console.log('copy settings.sample to settings.js and configure');
        process.exit('-1')
    }
}

function proxy(settings) {
    const proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({
        agent  : https.globalAgent,
        secure: false, // Will also work for insecure https proxies
        headers: {
            host: settings.host
        },
        target: settings.target
    }, function(e) {
        console.log(e);
    });

    proxy.listen(PORT, 'localhost');
    console.log(`listening on port ${PORT}`);
}

const settings = requireSettings();
checkSettings(settings);
proxy(settings)

package.json

{
  "name": "proxy",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "http-proxy": "^1.13.3"
  }
}

settings.sample

module.exports = {
    target: 'http://localhost:1234',
    host: 'localhost'
}; // Port to reverse proxy to.