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Nodejs + Express : Simple proxy
/**
* Simple image proxy for Nodejs
* @param {Express} app Express app
* @return {function}
*/
var http = require('http'),
url = require('url');
module.exports = function (app) {
app.get('/proxy/:image', function (request_from_client, response_to_client) {
var image_url = decodeURIComponent(request_from_client.params.image),
image = url.parse(image_url);
var options = {
hostname: image.host,
port: image.port || 80,
path: image.path,
method: 'GET'
};
var image_get_request = http.get(options, function (proxy_response) {
proxy_response.headers = request_from_client.headers;
proxy_response.pipe(response_to_client);
});
image_get_request.end();
});
}
/**
* Test the Proxy server running, requires the server to be running locally for the tests
*/
var should = require('should'),
request = require('supertest');
describe('Proxy server', function () {
describe('Get version', function () {
it('should return an image', function (done) {
var port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
request('http://localhost:' + port)
.get('/proxy/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fimages%2Fsrpr%2Flogo11w.png')
.expect(200)
.expect('Content-Type', 'image/png')
.end(function (err, res) {
done()
})
});
});
});
var express = require('express'),
app = express();
module.exports = function () {
var port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
var server = app.listen(port, function () {
console.log('Proxy server started on %d', server.address().port);
});
require('./expressProxy.js')(app);
});
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aurbano commented Oct 22, 2014

Hey @jasonMisaq, I assume you are referring to the old one on my blog, but read the disclaimer there before using.

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