Forward local port to an external port through a local network proxy

port-forward.js

/**
 * Forward local port to an external port through a local network proxy
 * 
 * @author Masoud Zohrabi <[email protected]>
 */

let net = require('net');
let invariant = (expr, error) => { if (!expr) throw Error(error); };
let log = console.log.bind(console);

function main() {
    let [nodePath, scriptPath, ...args] = process.argv;

    /** @type {{[name: string]: any}} */
    let Options = {};

    // Parse cli arguments
    args.forEach(arg => {
        let sub = 0;
        if (arg.startsWith('--')) sub = 2;
        else if (arg.startsWith('-')) sub = 1;
        let [name, value] = arg.substring(sub).split('=');
        Options[name] = value || true;
    });

    let { proxy, dest, port } = { proxy: null, dest: null, port: 9090, ...Options };

    if (!proxy || !dest || !port) {
        return log(`Usage: node forward --port=9090 --proxy=127.0.0.0:8000 --dest=192.168.1.1:1234`);
    }

    let [proxyHost, proxyPort] = proxy.split(':');
    let [destHost, destPort = 80] = dest.split(':');

    invariant(proxyHost && proxyPort, `Invalid proxy address (e.g: 127.0.0.0:9090)`);
    invariant(destHost && destPort, `Invalid destination address (e.g: 127.0.0.0:9090)`);

    // Start forwarding server
    net.createServer(async client => {       
        /** @type {net.Socket} */
        let proxy;
        
        let terminateSession = (err) => {
            if (err) log('Close client connection because of exception:', err);
            if (!client.destroyed) client.end();
            if (proxy && !proxy.destroyed) proxy.end();
        }

        // Client connected
        client.on('error', terminateSession);

        try {
            // Create tunnel to server
            proxy = await createConnectionThroughProxy(proxyHost, proxyPort, destHost, destPort);
            proxy.on('error', terminateSession);
            client.pipe(proxy);
            proxy.pipe(client);
        } catch (err) {
            terminateSession(err);
        }

    }).listen(Number(port), () => {
        log(`Listen to ${port} for new connection`)
    });
}


/**
 * Connect to a target through proxy
 * @param {string} proxyHost
 * @param {number} proxyPort
 * @param {string} remoteHost
 * @param {number} remotePort
 * @param {any} request
 * @returns {Promise<net.Socket>}
 */
function createConnectionThroughProxy(proxyHost, proxyPort, remoteHost, remotePort, request = '') {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        let connection = net.createConnection(proxyPort, proxyHost, () => {
            connection.write(`CONNECT ${remoteHost}:${remotePort} HTTP/1.1\n\n${request}`);
            connection.once('data', buffer => {
                if (buffer.toString().includes('Connection established')) resolve(connection);
                else reject(buffer.toString());
            });
        });

        connection.on('error', reject);
    });
}

main();