NodeJS Simple Proxy Server

proxyserver.js

var http = require("http"),
    url = require("url");

var port = process.argv[2] || 8888;

// Sample redir link: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

http.createServer(function(request, response) {
    var urlOptions = url.parse(request.url);
    var pathname = urlOptions.pathname;
    console.log("Serving " + pathname);

    if (pathname.indexOf("/status") == 0) {
        response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
        response.write("Proxy: ready to forward!\n\n");
        response.end();
        return;
    }

    var options = {
        hostname: "docs.oracle.com",
        port: 80,
        path: pathname,
//        headers: request.headers,
        method: request.method,
        agent: false
    };
    console.log("=> Proxying to " + JSON.stringify(options));
    var connector = http.request(options, function (proxiedResponse) {
        proxiedResponse.pipe(response, {end: true});
    });
    request.pipe(connector, {end: true});
}).listen(parseInt(port, 10));

console.log("Proxy HTTP server running at\n => http://localhost:" + port + "/\nCTRL + C to shutdown.\n" +
            "Open http://localhost:8888/status to see the status page\n\n");