basic node/express setup so you can easily do api requests

package.json

{
  "name": "app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": ""
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
    "body-parser": "^1.14.2",
    "express": "^4.13.4",
    "method-override": "^2.3.5",
    "morgan": "^1.6.1",
    "request": "^2.67.0",
    "serve-favicon": "^2.3.0",
  }
}

routes.js

var express  = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var request = require('request');

var apibaseURL = "http://vb.api.ow.zoocha.com";

router.get('/' , function (req, res) {
  console.log("getting base indexhtml");
  res.sendFile(__base + 'index.html'); // load the single view file (angular will handle the page changes on the front-end)
});

router.get('/api/url', function(req, res) {
  var url = req.param('apiURL');
  var outurl = apibaseURL + url;
  console.log(url, outurl)
  req.pipe(request(outurl)).pipe(res);
});

module.exports = function(app){
  app.use('/' ,router);
}

server.js

var express  = require('express');
var app      = express();
var morgan = require('morgan');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
var methodOverride = require('method-override');

global.__base = __dirname + '/';

// configuration ===============================================================

//where are your js, css etc files
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/dest'));                // set the static files location /public/img will be /img for users
//app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/images/favicon.png'));
app.use(morgan('dev'));                                         // log every request to the console
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended':'false'}));            //
app.use(bodyParser.json());                                     // parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/vnd.api+json' }));
app.use(methodOverride());

// routes ======================================================================
require(__dirname + '/routes.js')(app);

//server startup
app.listen(port);
console.log("app listening on port 8080");