Custom brunch server to proxy api requests to backend (supports reload)

README.md

Usage

1. Put server.coffee next to config.coffee
2. Register server.coffee in config.coffee server: path: 'server.coffee'
3. Add required modules to package.json npm install --save express http-proxy

Notes

1. Supports reloading environement when bower.json / package.json is changed (returns node server)

server.coffee

express = require 'express'
sysPath = require 'path'
http = require 'http'
httpProxy = require 'http-proxy'
 
apiProxy  = httpProxy.createServer({
  target:'http://localhost:3000'
});
 
exports.startServer = (port, path, callback) ->
  app = express();
  app.use express.static path

  app.all "/api/*", (req, res) ->
    apiProxy.web(req, res)
 
  app.all '/*', (request, response) ->
    response.sendfile sysPath.resolve sysPath.join path, 'index.html'

  server = http.createServer app 
  server.listen parseInt(port, 10), callback
  server

Added a single line that allows usage of external servers for the api.
https://gist.github.com/morkeleb/455199f983557a98f36c