connect-json-proxy

Intro

This is a simple package that wraps the json-proxy package, providing support for multiple endpoints based on an HTTP Header or URL parameter.

It fulfils a specific need for internal applications for us, so is NOT designed to be super high performance or on production sites. (for example, it re-initializes the proxy for EVERY request).

Usage

Assuming that grunt-connect us running on port 9000, and you can call the following URL to get the connect server to redirect the request to somewhere else.

http://localhost:9000/PortalApp/api/v1/some/service/call?apiProxy=LocalhostNode

redirects to the endpoint defined by LocalhostNode (ie, port 8080)...

http://localhost:8080/PortalApp/api/v1/some/service/call?apiProxy=LocalhostNode

Setup

In your Gruntfile.js

var apiProxy = require('grunt-json-proxy').initialize({
    // A 'node' is referenced by name in the 'proxy.forward' section below, instead of a URL.
    nodes: {
        ihportal: {
            // Each endpoint is listed here as in key: endpoint format.
            'Localhost': 'http://localhost:8080/'
        }
    },

    // If no endpoint name is passed in a http header or url parameter, use this one.
    defaultEndpointName: 'Localhost',

    // Proxy's, as defined by json-proxy, however the value of each 'forward' entry is a 'node' (as defined above) instead of a url.
    proxy: {
        forward: {
            '/PortalApp/': 'ihportal'
        }
    }
});


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

    // The actual grunt server settings
    connect: {
        options: {
            port: 9000,
            // Change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside.
            hostname: 'localhost',
            livereload: 35729
        },
        livereload: {
            options: {
                middleware: function (connect) {
                    return [
                        connect.static(appConfig.app),


                        // The apiProxy middleware is place HERE
                        apiProxy


                        ]
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    });