go-web-proxy

A simple web based proxy written in Go. Can be easily hosted on OpenShift

currently provides two options,

1] this is useful for a single file. It only pipes the response.

` <hostname>/p/?target=http://foo.com/bar.png`

2] this is useful to view a web page that contains other static images, css, js files

`<hostname>/t/?target=http://foo.com/bar/`

how to host on OpenShift

fork this repo
register an account on openshift.redhat.com, follow standard account activation procedure
go to Settings tab and add public key for ssh to work
go back to Applications tab, click Add Application
scroll down and select Go language under Other types
fill in the form, enter name/domain pair
enter git repo address for forked repo. enter master as branch name
keep default for rest but know that if you select No scaling then you won't be able to scale later
Click Create Application
Done

Add a new bookmark in your browser
name it anything, say proxy
use this as its URL

javascript:location.href='http://<your-hostname-here>/t/?target='+location.href
now when you need to use this proxy, simply click the bookmark and it should work

MIT license