garily / nodejs-forward-proxy-server

A forward proxy server in Node.JS

A Node.JS Forward Proxy Server

An HTTP proxy tunnel for both HTTP and HTTPS traffic.

Packages used:

• http
• url
• net

Installation and Usage

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/gl14916/nodejs-forward-proxy-server.git  
$ cd nodejs-forward-proxy-server

Install package dependencies:

$ npm install

Start forward proxy server using the following command:

$ npm start or $ node proxy.js

Specification

By default, this proxy server listens on port 2560, it can be changed by modifying the last line of code (proxy.js:75)

If you wish to use a port number under 1024, you need to run this proxy server as root:
$ sudo npm start or $ sudo node proxy.js

License

MIT