gistfile1.txt

var http = require("http");
var url = require("url");
var requestUrl = require("request");

var port = process.env.PORT || 1856;

http.createServer(function(request, response) {

	// request module works from here
	if (request.url.substr(0, 4) == '/ws/') {
		var r = requestUrl('http://xxx.iriscouch.com:5984' + request.url);
		request.pipe(r);
		r.pipe(response);
		return;
	}

	var postData = "";
	var pathname = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
	
	request.setEncoding("utf8");

	request.addListener("data", function(postDataChunk) {
		postData += postDataChunk;
	});
	
	request.addListener("end", function() {
		//route(handle, pathname, request, response, postData);
	
		console.log ('CALL:', 'http://xxx.iriscouch.com:5984' + request.url);
		return;

		// request module times out from here
		var r = requestUrl('http://tesla.iriscouch.com:5984' + request.url);
		request.pipe(r);
		r.pipe(response);
	});

}).listen(port);
console.log('Server started on port', port);