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+/*
+  reverse-proxy.js: Example of reverse proxying (with HTTPS support)
+  Copyright (c) 2015 Alberto Pose <albertopose@gmail.com>
+  
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+  the following conditions:
+  
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+  included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+  NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+  WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+var http = require('http'),
+    net = require('net'),
+    httpProxy = require('http-proxy'),
+    url = require('url'),
+    util = require('util');
+
+var proxy = httpProxy.createServer();
+
+var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  util.puts('Receiving reverse proxy request for:' + req.url);
+
+  proxy.web(req, res, {target: req.url, secure: false});
+}).listen(8213);
+
+server.on('connect', function (req, socket) {
+  util.puts('Receiving reverse proxy request for:' + req.url);
+
+  var serverUrl = url.parse('https://' + req.url);
+
+  var srvSocket = net.connect(serverUrl.port, serverUrl.hostname, function() {
+    socket.write('HTTP/1.1 200 Connection Established\r\n' +
+    'Proxy-agent: Node-Proxy\r\n' +
+    '\r\n');
+    srvSocket.pipe(socket);
+    socket.pipe(srvSocket);
+  });
+});
+
+// Test with:
+// curl -vv -x http://127.0.0.1:8213 https://www.google.com
+// curl -vv -x http://127.0.0.1:8213 http://www.google.com