jonsullivan · July 17, 2012 01:22 · Jul 17, 2012
diff --git a/cors-middleware-express-with-proxy.js b/cors-middleware-express-with-proxy.js
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+// node.js proxy server example for adding CORS headers to any existing http services.
+// yes, i know this is super basic, that's why it's here. use this to help understand how http-proxy works with express if you need future routing capabilities
+
+var httpProxy = require('http-proxy'),
+	express = require('express');
+
+var proxy = new httpProxy.RoutingProxy();
+
+var proxyOptions = {
+	host: '192.168.3.11',
+	port: 8080
+};
+
+var app = express.createServer();
+
+var allowCrossDomain = function(req, res, next) {
+    console.log('allowingCrossDomain');
+    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
+    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET,PUT,POST,DELETE');
+    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'X-Requested-With, Accept, Origin, Referer, User-Agent, Content-Type, Authorization, X-Mindflash-SessionID');
+
+    // intercept OPTIONS method
+    if ('OPTIONS' == req.method) {
+      res.send(200);
+    }
+    else {
+      next();
+    }
+};
+
+app.configure(function() {
+    app.use(allowCrossDomain);
+});
+
+app.all('/*',  function (req, res) {
+    return proxy.proxyRequest(req, res, proxyOptions);
+});
+
+app.listen(9000);
+
+console.log('#########\nListening on 9000\n##########');