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StackMob Node Proxy
// proxy all API requests
function proxy(method, path, headers, data) {
var defer = q.defer(), request,
pubKey = '****';
// filter paramaters contained in header, to avoid
// incorrectly identifying client domain and agent in request
headers = _.pick(headers, ['x-stackmob-api-key', 'x-stackmob-proxy-plain', 'x-stackmob-api-key-' + pubKey, 'accept', 'content-type', 'content-length', 'authorization']);
// format headers
headers = {
'X-StackMob-API-Key': headers['x-stackmob-api-key'],
'X-StackMob-Proxy-Plain': headers['x-stackmob-proxy-plain'],
'Accept': headers.accept,
'Content-Type': headers['content-type'] || 'application/json',
'Authorization': headers.authorization
}; headers['X-StackMob-API-Key' + pubKey] = pubKey;
// add content-length buffer to header, if data exists
if (data) headers['Content-Length'] = Buffer.byteLength(data);
// create request
request = http.request({
host: 'api.stackmob.com',
port: 80,
path: path,
method: method,
headers: headers
}, function(res) { defer.resolve(res);});
// append data to request, if exists
if (data) request.write(data);
// close request
request.end();
// return promise
return defer.promise;
};
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