I want to start a proxy server with node.js so that it serves requests preprended with "/wps_proxy/wps_proxy?url=". I want it so I can use the wps-js library of north52 (check the installation tips) . I have already a server where I run my application.
What I did try until now is :
the server.js file
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require("path");
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/' + 'public'));
var urlencodedParser = bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false });
//****** this is my try ******************************
app.get('/wps_proxy/wps_proxy',function (req,res){
res.sendfile(__dirname + '/' + 'public/wps_proxy/wps-js/target/wps-js-0.1.2-SNAPSHOT/example.html');
if(req.query !== undefined){//because it enters sometimes without url
var http = require('http');
//Options to be used by request
var options = {
host:"geostatistics.demo.52north.org",//fixed given data
port:"80",
path:"/wps/WebProcessingService"
};
var callback = function(response){
var dat = "";
response.on("data",function(data){
dat+=data;
});
response.on("end", function(){
res.end(dat)
})
};
//Make the request
var req = http.request(options,callback);
req.end()
}
})
var ipaddress = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP||'127.0.0.1';
var port = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT || 8080;
app.set('port', port);
app.listen(app.get('port'),ipaddress, function() {
console.log( 'Server started on port ' + app.get('port'))
})
//***************************************
but its not working.. I think that the data are not sent back correctly..
This is a live example of what I want to do.. http://geoprocessing.demo.52north.org/wps-js-0.1.1/
and this is a live example of my application (check the console for errors) http://gws-hydris.rhcloud.com/wps_proxy/wps_proxy
I did find my answer from this post How to create a simple http proxy in node.js? so the way i solve it was:
app.get('/wps_proxy/wps_proxy',function (req,res){
var queryData = url.parse(req.url, true).query;
if (queryData.url) {
request({
url: queryData.url
}).on('error', function(e) {
res.end(e);
}).pipe(res);
}
else {
res.end("no url found");
}
})