A basic reverse proxy in node.js

reserve-proxy.js

// This reverse proxy is for local development only
const express = require("express");
const proxy = require("express-http-proxy");

const app = express();

const proxyPort = 8000;
const webpackPort = 8080;

app.use("/", proxy(`http://localhost:${webpackPort}`));
app.listen(proxyPort, () =>
  console.log(
    `Proxying http://localhost:${proxyPort}/ => http://localhost:${webpackPort}/`
  )
);