Proxy

proxy.listen

Starts the proxy listening on the given port.

Arguments

proxy.close

Stops the proxy listening.

Example

proxy.close();

proxy.onError(fn) or ctx.onError(fn)

Adds a function to the list of functions to get called if an error occures.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, err, errorKind) - The function to be called on an error.

Example

proxy.onError(function(ctx, err, errorKind) {
  // ctx may be null
  var url = (ctx && ctx.clientToProxyRequest) ? ctx.clientToProxyRequest.url : "";
  console.error(errorKind + ' on ' + url + ':', err);
});

proxy.onCertificateRequired = function(hostname, callback)

Allows the default certificate name/path computation to be overwritten.

The default behavior expects keys/{hostname}.pem and certs/{hostname}.pem files to be at self.sslCaDir.

Arguments

• hostname - Requested hostname.
• callback - The function to be called when certificate files' path were already computed.

Example 1

proxy.onCertificateRequired = function(hostname, callback) {
  return callback(null, {
    keyFile: path.resolve('/ca/certs/', hostname + '.key'),
    certFile: path.resolve('/ca/certs/', hostname + '.crt')
  });
};

Example 2: Wilcard certificates

proxy.onCertificateRequired = function(hostname, callback) {
  return callback(null, {
    keyFile: path.resolve('/ca/certs/', hostname + '.key'),
    certFile: path.resolve('/ca/certs/', hostname + '.crt'),
    hosts: ["*.mydomain.com"]
  });
};

proxy.onCertificateMissing = function(ctx, files, callback)

Allows you to handle missing certificate files for current request, for example, creating them on the fly.

Arguments

• ctx - Context with the following properties
• hostname - The hostname which requires certificates
• data.keyFileExists - Whether key file exists or not
• data.certFileExists - Whether certificate file exists or not
• files - missing files names (files.keyFile, files.certFile and optional files.hosts)
• callback - The function to be called to pass certificate data back (keyFileData and certFileData)

Example 1

proxy.onCertificateMissing = function(ctx, files, callback) {
  console.log('Looking for "%s" certificates',   ctx.hostname);
  console.log('"%s" missing', ctx.files.keyFile);
  console.log('"%s" missing', ctx.files.certFile);

  // Here you have the last chance to provide certificate files data
  // A tipical use case would be creating them on the fly
  //
  // return callback(null, {
  //   keyFileData: keyFileData,
  //   certFileData: certFileData
  // });
  };

Example 2: Wilcard certificates

proxy.onCertificateMissing = function(ctx, files, callback) {
  return callback(null, {
    keyFileData: keyFileData,
    certFileData: certFileData,
    hosts: ["*.mydomain.com"]
  });
};

proxy.onRequest(fn) or ctx.onRequest(fn)

Adds a function to get called at the beginning of a request.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, callback) - The function that gets called on each request.

Example

proxy.onRequest(function(ctx, callback) {
  console.log('REQUEST:', ctx.clientToProxyRequest.url);
  return callback();
});

proxy.onRequestData(fn) or ctx.onRequestData(fn)

Adds a function to get called for each request data chunk (the body).

Arguments

• fn(ctx, chunk, callback) - The function that gets called for each data chunk.

Example

proxy.onRequestData(function(ctx, chunk, callback) {
  console.log('REQUEST DATA:', chunk.toString());
  return callback(null, chunk);
});

proxy.onRequestEnd(fn) or ctx.onRequestEnd(fn)

Adds a function to get called when all request data (the body) was sent.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, callback) - The function that gets called when all request data (the body) was sent.

Example

var chunks = [];

proxy.onRequestData(function(ctx, chunk, callback) {
  chunks.push(chunk);
  return callback(null, chunk);
});

proxy.onRequestEnd(function(ctx, callback) {
  console.log('REQUEST END', (Buffer.concat(chunks)).toString());
  return callback();
});

proxy.onResponse(fn) or ctx.onResponse(fn)

Adds a function to get called at the beginning of the response.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, callback) - The function that gets called on each response.

Example

proxy.onResponse(function(ctx, callback) {
  console.log('BEGIN RESPONSE');
  return callback();
});

proxy.onResponseData(fn) or ctx.onResponseData(fn)

Adds a function to get called for each response data chunk (the body).

Arguments

• fn(ctx, chunk, callback) - The function that gets called for each data chunk.

Example

proxy.onResponseData(function(ctx, chunk, callback) {
  console.log('RESPONSE DATA:', chunk.toString());
  return callback(null, chunk);
});

proxy.onResponseEnd(fn) or ctx.onResponseEnd(fn)

Adds a function to get called when the proxy request to server has ended.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, callback) - The function that gets called when the proxy request to server as ended.

Example

proxy.onResponseEnd(function(ctx, callback) {
  console.log('RESPONSE END');
  return callback();
});

proxy.onWebSocketConnection(fn) or ctx.onWebSocketConnection(fn)

Adds a function to get called at the beginning of websocket connection

Arguments

• fn(ctx, callback) - The function that gets called for each data chunk.

Example

proxy.onWebSocketConnection(function(ctx, callback) {
  console.log('WEBSOCKET CONNECT:', ctx.clientToProxyWebSocket.upgradeReq.url);
  return callback();
});

proxy.onWebSocketSend(fn) or ctx.onWebSocketSend(fn)

Adds a function to get called for each WebSocket message sent by the client.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, message, flags, callback) - The function that gets called for each WebSocket message sent by the client.

Example

proxy.onWebSocketSend(function(ctx, message, flags, callback) {
  console.log('WEBSOCKET SEND:', ctx.clientToProxyWebSocket.upgradeReq.url, message);
  return callback(null, message, flags);
});

proxy.onWebSocketMessage(fn) or ctx.onWebSocketMessage(fn)

Adds a function to get called for each WebSocket message received from the server.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, message, flags, callback) - The function that gets called for each WebSocket message received from the server.

Example

proxy.onWebSocketMessage(function(ctx, message, flags, callback) {
  console.log('WEBSOCKET MESSAGE:', ctx.clientToProxyWebSocket.upgradeReq.url, message);
  return callback(null, message, flags);
});

proxy.onWebSocketFrame(fn) or ctx.onWebSocketFrame(fn)

Adds a function to get called for each WebSocket frame exchanged (message, ping or pong).

Arguments

• fn(ctx, type, fromServer, data, flags, callback) - The function that gets called for each WebSocket frame exchanged.

Example

proxy.onWebSocketFrame(function(ctx, type, fromServer, data, flags, callback) {
  console.log('WEBSOCKET FRAME ' + type + ' received from ' + (fromServer ? 'server' : 'client'), ctx.clientToProxyWebSocket.upgradeReq.url, data);
  return callback(null, data, flags);
});

proxy.onWebSocketError(fn) or ctx.onWebSocketError(fn)

Adds a function to the list of functions to get called if an error occures in WebSocket.

Arguments

• fn(ctx, err) - The function to be called on an error in WebSocket.

Example

proxy.onWebSocketError(function(ctx, err) {
  console.log('WEBSOCKET ERROR:', ctx.clientToProxyWebSocket.upgradeReq.url, err);
});

proxy.onWebSocketClose(fn) or ctx.onWebSocketClose(fn)

Adds a function to get called when a WebSocket connection is closed

Arguments

• fn(ctx, code, message, callback) - The function that gets when a WebSocket is closed.

Example

proxy.onWebSocketClose(function(ctx, code, message, callback) {
  console.log('WEBSOCKET CLOSED BY '+(ctx.closedByServer ? 'SERVER' : 'CLIENT'), ctx.clientToProxyWebSocket.upgradeReq.url, code, message);
  callback(null, code, message);
});

proxy.use(module) or ctx.use(module)

Adds a module into the proxy. Modules encapsulate multiple life cycle processing functions into one object.

Arguments

• module - The module to add. Modules contain a hash of functions to add.

Example

proxy.use({
  onError: function(ctx, err) { },
  onCertificateRequired: function(hostname, callback) { return callback(); },
  onCertificateMissing: function(ctx, files, callback) { return callback(); },
  onRequest: function(ctx, callback) { return callback(); },
  onRequestData: function(ctx, chunk, callback) { return callback(null, chunk); },
  onResponse: function(ctx, callback) { return callback(); },
  onResponseData: function(ctx, chunk, callback) { return callback(null, chunk); },
  onWebSocketConnection: function(ctx, callback) { return callback(); },
  onWebSocketSend: function(ctx, message, flags, callback) { return callback(null, message, flags); },
  onWebSocketMessage: function(ctx, message, flags, callback) { return callback(null, message, flags); },
  onWebSocketError: function(ctx, err) {  },
  onWebSocketClose: function(ctx, code, message, callback) {  },
});

node-http-mitm-proxy provide some ready to use modules:

• Proxy.gunzip Gunzip response filter (uncompress gzipped content before onResponseData and compress back after)
• Proxy.wildcard Generates wilcard certificates by default (so less certificates are generated)

Context

ctx.addRequestFilter(stream)

Adds a stream into the request body stream.

Arguments

• stream - The read/write stream to add in the request body stream.

Example

ctx.addRequestFilter(zlib.createGunzip());

ctx.addResponseFilter(stream)

Adds a stream into the response body stream.

Arguments

• stream - The read/write stream to add in the response body stream.

Example

ctx.addResponseFilter(zlib.createGunzip());

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Joe Ferner

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