Proxy backend wirh nodejs and expressjs

server.js

var express = require('express')
var pipe = require('pipe')
var request = require('request')

var app = express();

// Remote host API root url
var API = 'http://10.9.210.28:8081/hackathon'

app.listen(9000)

// Local api url
app.use('/api', function(req, res){
  var url = API + req.url
  console.log('Proxying: ' + url)
  req.pipe(request(url)).pipe(res)
})

// Static routing
app.all('/*', function(req, res){
  var url = __dirname + '/app' + req.url 
  console.log('Serving url: ' + url)
  res.sendFile(url)
})

console.log('Listening...')