ybod / node-post-proxy

Simple Node.js proxy server for POST requests only

Node.js proxy interview task

Task description

Create a simple Node.js proxy server. Schema: POST => Node.js => write to file

Server must save body contents of the incoming POST request into the file and return any previously cached information, if any.

Proxy server implementation must rely only on standard Node.j modules!

Solution

To run this program:

• clone project
• npm start
• use Postman to send some POST requests to localhost:52000
• all cached information will be stored in /tmp/node-proxy directory and You can clean this directory running npm run clearcache script (You must run npm install once prior to it)

Program will differentiate requests based on each request path, so requests to localhost:52000/some/resource and localhost:52000/some/other/resource will be cached into a different files!

To run tests:

• npm install
• npm start
• followed by npm test in a separate terminal console

While program itself implemented utilizing standard Node.js modules only, testing requires installation of some additional modules like Tape and SuperAgent!