server.js

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */
var express = require('express');
var https = require('https');
var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');

var httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
//Solution for forwarding from http to https taken from
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15801014/how-to-use-node-http-proxy-for-http-to-https-routing
var proxyOptions = {
    changeOrigin: true
};

//Only way I can find to stop the server from crashing when you reload the page too fast is to override the method throwing an exception.
httpProxy.prototype.onError = function (err) {
    console.log(err);
};

var apiProxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer(proxyOptions);



var apiForwardingUrl = process.env.API_URL || 'https://beta.sonder.io';
var buildFolder = process.env.BUILD_DIR || 'dev-build';

var server = express();

// all environments
server.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
//Lets you use server.put() and server.delete(). Without this you can only user server.post() and server.get().
server.use(require('method-override')());
//Make the public folder the context root
server.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, buildFolder)));


//Forward API requests
console.log('Forwarding API requests to ' + apiForwardingUrl);

server.all("/auth/*", function(req, res) {
    apiProxy.web(req, res, {target: apiForwardingUrl});
});

server.all("/api/*", function(req, res) {
    apiProxy.web(req, res, {target: apiForwardingUrl});
});

//This is needed to use the body of a post request.
//This needs to come after the forwarding to apiProxy
//server.use(());

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
server.use(bodyParser.json());
server.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
    extended: true
}));

//Setup endpoints
server.get('/*', function(req, res) {
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, buildFolder + "/index.html"));
});

var options = {
    key: fs.readFileSync('server/server.key'),
    cert: fs.readFileSync('server/server.crt'),
    requestCert: false,
    rejectUnauthorized: false
};

//Start Server
https.createServer(options, server).listen(server.get('port'), function() {
    console.log('Express server listening on port ' + server.get('port'));
});