Node.js: HTTP request behind an authorized proxy

proxy-pass-thru.coffee

http = require "http"

proxy =
	host: "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
	port: 8080
	username: "username"
	password: "password"
	auth: -> "Basic " + new Buffer(@username + ":" + @password).toString("base64")

url = require("url").parse "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=starkhorn"

http.request
	host: proxy.host
	port: proxy.port
	path: url.href
	headers:
		"Proxy-Authorization": proxy.auth()
		"Host": url.host
	, (res) ->
		body = ""

		res.setEncoding "utf8"
		res.on "data", (chunk) ->
			body += chunk

		res.on "end", ->
			console.log JSON.parse body
.end()