Grunt-middleware-proxy NPM

Grunt Middleware function to Proxy Requests

Provides a http/https proxy as middleware for the grunt-contrib-connect plugin. Supporting proxy over proxy and proxy tunneling.

Getting Started

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-middleware-proxy --save-dev

One the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-middleware-proxy');

Adapting the "connect" task

Setup

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named proxies to your existing connect definition.

Basic Proxy Configuration

grunt.initConfig({
    connect: {
        server: {
            options: {
                port: 9000,
                hostname: 'localhost',
                middleware: function (connect, options, middlewares) {
                    /*Requires the Middleware snipped from the Library
                    and add it before the other Middlewares.*/
					middlewares.unshift(require('grunt-middleware-proxy/lib/Utils').getProxyMiddleware());
					return middlewares;
			    }
            },
            proxies: [{
                    context: '/yourapi', //REQUIRED! Must start with a '/' should not end with a '/'
                    host: 'api_server_domain.com', //REQUIRED! Should not contain 'http://' or 'https://'
                    port: 8080, //Optional, defaults to 80 if http or 443 if https
                    https: false,//Optional, defaults to false
                    rewriteHost: true,//Optional, defaults to true
                    auth: 'username:password', //Optional, adds the Authorization header
                    headers: {//Optional.
                        'header':'value'
                    }
            }]
        }
    }
})

Proxy over Proxy Configuration

grunt.initConfig({
    connect: {
        server: {
            options: {
                port: 9000,
                hostname: 'localhost',
                middleware: function (connect, options, middlewares) {
                    /*Requires the Middleware snipped from the Library
                    and add it before the other Middlewares.*/
					middlewares.unshift(require('grunt-middleware-proxy/lib/Utils').getProxyMiddleware());
					return middlewares;
			    }
            },
            proxies: [{
                    context: '/yourapi', //REQUIRED! Must start with a '/' should not end with a '/'
                    host: 'api_server_domain.com', //REQUIRED! Should not contain 'http://' or 'https://'
                    port: 8080, //Optional, defaults to 80 if http or 443 if https
                    https: false,//Optional, defaults to false
                    rewriteHost: true,//Optional, defaults to true
                    /*auth is not supported*/
                    headers: {//Optional.
                        'header':'value'
                    },
                    proxy: {
                        host: 'proxy', //REQUIRED! Should not contain 'http://' or 'https://'
                        port: 8080,//Optional, defaults to 80 if http or 443 if https
                        https: false//Optional, defaults to false
                        /*proxy-specific headers are not supported as they are merged on the request`s header*/
                        /*auth is not supported*/
                    }
            }]
        }
    }
})

Proxy tunneling Configuration

grunt.initConfig({
    connect: {
        server: {
            options: {
                port: 9000,
                hostname: 'localhost',
                middleware: function (connect, options, middlewares) {
                    /*Requires the Middleware snipped from the Library
                    and add it before the other Middlewares.*/
					middlewares.unshift(require('grunt-middleware-proxy/lib/Utils').getProxyMiddleware());
					return middlewares;
			    }
            },
            proxies: [{
                    context: '/yourapi', //REQUIRED! Must start with a '/' should not end with a '/'
                    host: 'api_server_domain.com', //REQUIRED! Should not contain 'http://' or 'https://'
                    port: 8080, //Optional, defaults to 80 if http or 443 if https
                    https: false,//Optional, defaults to false
                    rewriteHost: true,//Optional, defaults to true
                    auth: 'username:password', //Optional, adds the Authorization header
                    headers: {//Optional.
                        'header':'value'
                    },
                    proxyTunnel: {
                        host: 'proxy', //REQUIRED! Should not contain 'http://' or 'https://'
                        port: 8080,//Optional, defaults to 80 if http or 443 if https
                        https: false,//Optional, defaults to false
                        auth: 'username:password', //Optional, adds the Authorization header
                        headers: {//Optional.
                            'header':'value'
                        },
                    }
            }]
        }
    }
})

Registering the Grunt Task

grunt.registerTask('serve', [
	'setupProxies:server',
	'connect:server',
    'watch:default'
]);

IMPORTANT: You must specify the connect target in the setupProxies task.

Options

The available configuration options from a given proxy based on the node http and https modules

options.context

Type: String
The context(s) to match requests against. Matching requests will be proxied. Should start with /. Should not end with /

options.host

Type: String
The host to proxy to. Should not start with the http/https protocol.

options.https

Type: Boolean Default: false
If the proxy should target a https end point on the destination server

options.rewriteHost

Type: Boolean Default: true
If the proxy should rewrite the host header to the target host. If your use case depends on proxying to localhost servers with port, try setting rewriteHost to false.

options.port

Type: Number
If not provided by the configuration, will be defaulted to 80 if https:false or 443 if https:true
The port to proxy to.

options.auth

Type: String
auth : 'username:password'
Creates a new Authorization header on the request as defined by the Standard on HTTP. Basically creates:
headers : {
   'Authorization' : 'Basic ' + btoa('username:password')
}

options.headers

Type: Object
A map of headers to be added to proxied requests.
headers: {
   'header':'value',
   'anotherheader':'anothervalue'
}

Options.proxy

options.proxy.host

Type: String
The host to proxy to. Should not start with the http/https protocol.

options.proxy.https

Type: Boolean Default: false
If the proxy should target a https end point on the destination server

options.proxy.port

Type: Number
If not provided by the configuration, will be defaulted to 80 if https:false or 443 if https:true
The port to proxy to.

Options.proxyTunnel

options.proxyTunnel.host

Type: String
The host to proxy to. Should not start with the http/https protocol.

options.proxyTunnel.https

Type: Boolean Default: false
If the proxy should target a https end point on the destination server

options.proxyTunnel.port

Type: Number
If not provided by the configuration, will be defaulted to 80 if https:false or 443 if https:true
The port to proxy to.

options.proxyTunnel.auth

Type: String
auth : 'username:password'
Creates a new Authorization header on the request as defined by the Standard on HTTP. Will be added to the Request for tunneling. Basically creates:
headers : {
   'Authorization' : 'Basic ' + new Buffer('username:password').toString('base64')
}