Simple node.js proxy by piping http server to http request
http, node.js, proxy
Solution
you dont have to 'pause', just 'pipe' is ok
var connector = http.request(options, function(res) {
res.pipe(response, {end:true});//tell 'response' end=true
});
request.pipe(connector, {end:true});
http request will not finish until you tell it is 'end';
Problem
Trying to learn more about node.js by making a simple http proxy server. The use scenario is simple: user -> proxy -> server -> proxy -> user The following code works until the last step. Couldn't find way to pipe connector's output back to the user. ``` #!/usr/bin/env node var url = require('url'), http = require('http'), acceptor = http.createServer().listen(3128); acceptor.on('request', function(request, response) { console.log('request ' + request.url); request.pause(); var options = url.parse(request.url); options.headers = request.headers; options.method = request.method; options.agent = false; var connector = http.request(options); request.pipe(connector); request.resume(); // connector.pipe(response); // doesn't work // connector.pipe(request); // doesn't work either }); ``` Using tcpflow I see the incoming request from the browser, then the outgoing proxy request, then the server response back to the proxy. Somehow i couldn't manage to retransmit the response back to the browser. What is the proper way to implement this logic with pipes?