Custom Brunch server with proxy support

server.coffee

express = require 'express'
sysPath = require 'path'
httpProxy = require 'http-proxy';
request = require 'request';

apiProxy  = httpProxy.createServer({
  target:'http://localhost:3000'
});

exports.startServer = (port, path, callback) ->

  app = express();
  app.configure (() -> 
    app.use express.static path
    app.use express.bodyParser();
    app.use express.errorHandler());
    
  app.all "/api/*", (req, res) -> 
    apiProxy.web(req, res)

  # sample call using request module
  # app.all "/api/*", (req, res) ->
  #     remote = request 'http://localhost:3000' + req.url;
  #     req.pipe remote;
  #     remote.pipe res;

  app.all '/*', (request, response) ->
    response.sendfile sysPath.resolve sysPath.join path, 'index.html'
  app.listen parseInt port, 10
  app.on 'listening', callback
  app

See https://gist.github.com/ni-ka/095511910d54edcdcc47 for an updated version which supports watcher reload (when changing bower.json / package.json)