Basic node.js Web proxy

node-http-proxy.js

// inspired by Sébastien Chopin (atinux) at http://www.atinux.fr/2013/12/03/tricher-candy-crush-nodejs/

var http = require('http'),
    request = require('request'),
    port = 8080;


// this won't work for HTTPS URL
http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) {
    // this proxy only logs requests it receives
    console.log(req.method, req.url);
    req.pipe(request(req.url)).pipe(res);
})
.listen(port);

console.log('Proxy server listening on port', port);