parody v1.0.1

Parody

Building web apps that pull information from the environment is all fun and games until you need to modify your request headers.

Now, it can continue to be fun and games, even when you need to modify your request headers!

Quick start

1. Run npm install -g parody to install the command-line tool
2. Move to your working directory
3. Create a parody.json file that has at least the following directives

{
  "headers": {
    "header_one": "value_one",
    "header_two": "value_two"
  },
  "target": "http://some-awesome-hostname:8080",
  "debug": false,
  "port": 8080
}

This will add the following HTTP headers to the request:

"header_one" = value_one
"header_two" = value_two

4. Run parody in your working directory to start a proxy server
5. Access http://localhost:$PORT (where $PORT is your configured port in parody.json, or a default of 8080)

Report issues!

If you encounter anything strange while using parody, make an issue, or ask me on Twitter.

Incoming improvements

• expanded documentation
• revamped debug mode
• HTTPS support

See also:

Parody uses Node HTTP Proxy to add headers to HTTP requests. If you're looking to programmatically proxy things, check out that project.