node-http-proxy example

proxy.js

var url = require('url'),
    http = require('http'),
    nodeStatic = require('node-static'),
    httpProxy = require('http-proxy');

// create node-http-proxy instance
var proxy = new httpProxy.HttpProxy({
  target: {
    host: 'localhost',
    port: 9000
  }
});
var fileServer = new nodeStatic.Server('./public');
var apiRegex = /^\/api\//;

// create http server
var server = http.createServer(function (request, response) {

  // QUESTION: is there any way to detect HTTP vs. HTTPS inside this function?
  // We want to create a 

  // parse url for regex matching
  var url_parts = url.parse(request.url);

  console.log(url_parts.protocol);
  // if it's an API request, proxy it.
  if (apiRegex.test(url_parts.pathname)) {
    return proxy.proxyRequest(request, response);
  // otherwise let the static file server handle the request
  } else {
    request.addListener('end', function () {
      fileServer.serve(request, response, function(err, result) {
        // respond with the index page if no route was found
        if (err && (err.status === 404)) {
          fileServer.serveFile('/index.html', 200, {}, request, response);
        }
      });
    });
  };

});

server.listen(8000);