nodejs server proxy for debugging VLC behaviour during video streaming

output.txt

url: /video.mpg
request: {"host":"sample-videos.com","user-agent":"VLC/2.1.5 LibVLC/2.1.5","range":"bytes=0-","connection":"close","icy-metadata":"1"}
response: {"server":"nginx/1.4.0","date":"Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:34:01 GMT","content-type":"video/mp4","transfer-encoding":"chunked","connection":"close","display":"staticcontent_sol","expires":"Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:34:01 UTC","response":"206","vary":"Origin,Accept-Encoding,X-APP-JSON","x-middleton-display":"staticcontent_sol","x-middleton-response":"206","set-cookie":null,"content-range":"bytes 0-1055735/1055736","etag":"\"34168e-101bf8-5357ce5f7ea80\"","last-modified":"Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:08:10 GMT","cache-control":"public, max-age=2592000"}

url: /video.mpg
request: {"host":"sample-videos.com","user-agent":"VLC/2.1.5 LibVLC/2.1.5","range":"bytes=1051507-","connection":"close","cookie":"null","icy-metadata":"1"}
response: {"server":"nginx/1.4.0","date":"Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:34:03 GMT","content-type":"video/mp4","transfer-encoding":"chunked","connection":"close","display":"staticcontent_sol","expires":"Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:34:03 UTC","response":"206","vary":"Origin,Accept-Encoding,X-APP-JSON","x-middleton-display":"staticcontent_sol","x-middleton-response":"206","set-cookie":null,"content-range":"bytes 1051507-1055735/1055736","etag":"\"34168e-101bf8-5357ce5f7ea80\"","last-modified":"Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:08:10 GMT","cache-control":"public, max-age=2592000"}

url: /video.mpg
request: {"host":"sample-videos.com","user-agent":"VLC/2.1.5 LibVLC/2.1.5","range":"bytes=1536-","connection":"close","cookie":"null","icy-metadata":"1"}
response: {"server":"nginx/1.4.0","date":"Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:34:08 GMT","content-type":"video/mp4","transfer-encoding":"chunked","connection":"close","display":"staticcontent_sol","expires":"Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:34:08 UTC","response":"206","vary":"Origin,Accept-Encoding,X-APP-JSON","x-middleton-display":"staticcontent_sol","x-middleton-response":"206","set-cookie":null,"content-range":"bytes 1536-1055735/1055736","etag":"\"34168e-101bf8-5357ce5f7ea80\"","last-modified":"Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:08:10 GMT","cache-control":"public, max-age=2592000"}

url: /video.mpg
request: {"host":"sample-videos.com","user-agent":"VLC/2.1.5 LibVLC/2.1.5","range":"bytes=1055735-","connection":"close","cookie":"null","icy-metadata":"1"}
response: {"server":"nginx/1.4.0","date":"Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:34:08 GMT","content-type":"video/mp4","transfer-encoding":"chunked","connection":"close","display":"staticcontent_sol","expires":"Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:34:08 UTC","response":"206","vary":"Origin,Accept-Encoding,X-APP-JSON","x-middleton-display":"staticcontent_sol","x-middleton-response":"206","set-cookie":null,"content-range":"bytes 1055735-1055735/1055736","etag":"\"34168e-101bf8-5357ce5f7ea80\"","last-modified":"Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:08:10 GMT","cache-control":"public, max-age=2592000"}

url: /video.mpg
request: {"host":"sample-videos.com","user-agent":"VLC/2.1.5 LibVLC/2.1.5","range":"bytes=48072-","connection":"close","cookie":"null","icy-metadata":"1"}
response: {"server":"nginx/1.4.0","date":"Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:34:15 GMT","content-type":"video/mp4","transfer-encoding":"chunked","connection":"close","display":"staticcontent_sol","expires":"Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:34:15 UTC","response":"206","vary":"Origin,Accept-Encoding,X-APP-JSON","x-middleton-display":"staticcontent_sol","x-middleton-response":"206","set-cookie":null,"content-range":"bytes 48072-1055735/1055736","etag":"\"34168e-101bf8-5357ce5f7ea80\"","last-modified":"Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:08:10 GMT","cache-control":"public, max-age=2592000"}

proxy_video.js

"use strict";

var
    url = require('url'),
    http = require('http'),
    acceptor = http.createServer().listen(3128);

acceptor.on('request', function(request, response) {
    console.log("url: " + request.url);
    request.pause();
    request.url = "http://www.sample-videos.com/video/mp4/720/big_buck_bunny_720p_1mb.mp4";
    var options = url.parse(request.url);
    options.headers = request.headers;
    options.method = request.method;
    options.agent = false;

    options.headers.host = "sample-videos.com";

    console.log("request: " + JSON.stringify(options.headers));

    var connector = http.request(options, function(serverResponse) {
        serverResponse.headers["set-cookie"] = null;
        console.log("response: " + JSON.stringify(serverResponse.headers));
        serverResponse.pause();
        response.writeHeader(serverResponse.statusCode, serverResponse.headers);
        serverResponse.pipe(response);
        serverResponse.resume();
    });
            
    request.pipe(connector);
    request.resume();
});