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126 changes: 50 additions & 76 deletions examples/middleware/bodyDecoder-middleware.js
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -29,91 +29,65 @@ var http = require('http'),
request = require('request'),
colors = require('colors'),
util = require('util'),
Store = require('../helpers/store'),
bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
httpProxy = require('../../lib/http-proxy'),
proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({});

http.createServer(new Store().handler()).listen(7531, function () {
util.puts('http '.blue + 'greetings '.green + 'server'.blue + ' started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '7531'.yellow);
//try these commands:
// get index:
// curl localhost:7531
// []
//
// get a doc:
// curl localhost:7531/foo
// {"error":"not_found"}
//
// post an doc:
// curl -X POST localhost:7531/foo -d '{"content": "hello", "type": "greeting"}'
// {"ok":true}
//
// get index (now, not empty)
// curl localhost:7531
// ["/foo"]
//
// get doc
// curl localhost:7531/foo
// {"content": "hello", "type": "greeting"}

//
// now, suppose we wanted to direct all objects where type == "greeting" to a different store
// than where type == "insult"
//
// we can use connect connect-bodyDecoder and some custom logic to send insults to another Store.

//insult server:

http.createServer(new Store().handler()).listen(2600, function () {
util.puts('http '.blue + 'insults '.red + 'server'.blue + ' started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '2600'.yellow);
//restreame
var restreamer = function (){
return function (req, res, next) { //restreame
req.removeAllListeners('data')
req.removeAllListeners('end')
next()
process.nextTick(function () {
if(req.body) {
req.emit('data', JSON.stringify(req.body))
}
req.emit('end')
})
}
}

//greetings -> 7531, insults-> 2600

// now, start a proxy server.
//
// Basic Http Proxy Server
//
var app = connect()
.use(bodyParser.json())//json
.use(restreamer())//restreame
.use(function(req, res){
// modify body here,
// eg: req.body = {a: 1}.
console.log('proxy body:',req.body)
proxy.web(req, res, {
target: 'http://127.0.0.1:9013'
})
});

//don't worry about incoming contont type
//bodyParser.parse[''] = JSON.parse
http.createServer(app).listen(8013, function(){
console.log('proxy linsten 8013');
});

connect.createServer(
//refactor the body parser and re-streamer into a separate package
connect.bodyParser(),
//body parser absorbs the data and end events before passing control to the next
// middleware. if we want to proxy it, we'll need to re-emit these events after
//passing control to the middleware.
require('connect-restreamer')(),
function (req, res) {
//if your posting an obect which contains type: "insult"
//it will get redirected to port 2600.
//normal get requests will go to 7531 nad will not return insults.
var port = (req.body && req.body.type === 'insult' ? 2600 : 7531)
proxy.web(req, res, { target: { host: 'localhost', port: port }});
}
).listen(1337, function () {
util.puts('http proxy server'.blue + ' started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '1337'.yellow);
//bodyParser needs content-type set to application/json
//if we use request, it will set automatically if we use the 'json:' field.
function post (greeting, type) {
request.post({
url: 'http://localhost:1337/' + greeting,
json: {content: greeting, type: type || "greeting"}
})
}
post("hello")
post("g'day")
post("kiora")
post("houdy")
post("java", "insult")

//now, the insult should have been proxied to 2600

//curl localhost:2600
//["/java"]

//but the greetings will be sent to 7531
//
// Target Http Server
//
var app1 = connect()
.use(bodyParser.json())
.use(function(req, res){
console.log('app1:',req.body)
res.end('request successfully proxied to: ' + req.url + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
});
http.createServer(app1).listen(9013, function(){
//request to 8013 to proxy
request.post({//
url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8013',
json: {content: 123, type: "greeting"}
},function(err, res,data){
console.log('return:' ,err, data)
})
});

//curl localhost:7531
//["/hello","/g%27day","/kiora","/houdy"]

})
})
});