Grunt Connect Proxy

Gruntfile.js

'use strict';

// proxy-middleware from https://github.com/andrewrk/connect-proxy
var proxy = require('proxy-middleware')
  , url = require('url');

function middleware(connect, options, middlewares) {
  var proxyUrl = options.proxy || 'http://localhost:8000';
  var proxyOptions = url.parse(proxyUrl);
  proxyOptions.route = '/api';
  middlewares.push(proxy(proxyOptions));
  return middlewares;
}
module.exports = function (grunt) {

  // Load grunt tasks automatically
  require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);

  // Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
  require('time-grunt')(grunt);

  // Define the configuration for all the tasks
  grunt.initConfig({

    // Other grunt config stuff would go here

    // Here is the configuration for grunt-connect:
    connect: {
      options: {
        port: 9000,
        hostname: 'localhost',
        livereload: 35729,
        // Add the above proxy to the default connect configuration
        middleware: proxy,
        // Add the default API destination URL
        proxy: 'http://localhost:8000'
      },
      otherAPI: {
        // Add a different API destination URL
        proxy: 'http://localhost:8001'
      }
    }
  });

  // Register grunt tasks here

};