http-proxy.js

/*
  node-http-proxy.js: http proxy for node.js

  Copyright (c) 2010 Charlie Robbins, Mikeal Rogers, Marak Squires, Fedor Indutny

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*/

var events = require('events'),
    http = require('http'),
    util = require('util'),
    url = require('url'),
    httpProxy = require('../node-http-proxy');

//
// ### function HttpProxy (options)
// #### @options {Object} Options for this instance.
// Constructor function for new instances of HttpProxy responsible
// for managing the life-cycle of streaming reverse proxyied HTTP requests.
//
// Example options:
//
//      {
//        target: {
//          host: 'localhost',
//          port: 9000
//        },
//        forward: {
//          host: 'localhost',
//          port: 9001
//        }
//      }
//
var HttpProxy = exports.HttpProxy = function (options) {
  if (!options || !options.target) {
    throw new Error('Both `options` and `options.target` are required.');
  }

  events.EventEmitter.call(this);

  var self  = this;

  //
  // Setup basic proxying options:
  //
  // * forward {Object} Options for a forward-proxy (if-any)
  // * target {Object} Options for the **sole** proxy target of this instance
  //
  this.forward  = options.forward;
  this.target   = options.target;

  //
  // Setup the necessary instances instance variables for
  // the `target` and `forward` `host:port` combinations
  // used by this instance.
  //
  // * agent {http[s].Agent} Agent to be used by this instance.
  // * protocol {http|https} Core node.js module to make requests with.
  // * base {Object} Base object to create when proxying containing any https settings.
  //
  function setupProxy (key) {
    self[key].agent    = httpProxy._getAgent(self[key]);
    self[key].protocol = httpProxy._getProtocol(self[key]);
    self[key].base     = httpProxy._getBase(self[key]);
  }

  setupProxy('target');
  if (this.forward) {
    setupProxy('forward');
  }

  //
  // Setup opt-in features
  //
  this.enable          = options.enable || {};
  this.enable.xforward = typeof this.enable.xforward === 'boolean'
    ? this.enable.xforward
    : true;

  //
  // Setup additional options for WebSocket proxying. When forcing
  // the WebSocket handshake to change the `sec-websocket-location`
  // and `sec-websocket-origin` headers `options.source` **MUST**
  // be provided or the operation will fail with an `origin mismatch`
  // by definition.
  //
  this.source       = options.source       || { host: 'localhost', port: 80 };
  this.source.https = this.source.https    || options.https;
  this.changeOrigin = options.changeOrigin || false;
};

// Inherit from events.EventEmitter
util.inherits(HttpProxy, events.EventEmitter);

//
// ### function proxyRequest (req, res, [port, host, paused])
// #### @req {ServerRequest} Incoming HTTP Request to proxy.
// #### @res {ServerResponse} Outgoing HTTP Request to write proxied data to.
// #### @buffer {Object} Result from `httpProxy.buffer(req)`
//
function getProto(req) {
  return req.isSpdy ? 'https' : (req.connection.pair ? 'https' : 'http');
}
HttpProxy.prototype.proxyRequest = function (req, res, buffer) {
  var self = this,
      errState = false,
      outgoing = new(this.target.base),
      reverseProxy,
      location;

  //
  // Add common proxy headers to the request so that they can
  // be availible to the proxy target server. If the proxy is
  // part of proxy chain it will append the address:
  //
  // * `x-forwarded-for`: IP Address of the original request
  // * `x-forwarded-proto`: Protocol of the original request
  // * `x-forwarded-port`: Port of the original request.
  //
  if (this.enable.xforward && req.connection && req.socket) {
    if (req.headers['x-forwarded-for']) {
      var addressToAppend = "," + req.connection.remoteAddress || req.socket.remoteAddress;
      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] += addressToAppend;
    }
    else {
      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] = req.connection.remoteAddress || req.socket.remoteAddress;
    }

    if (req.headers['x-forwarded-port']) {
      var portToAppend = "," + req.connection.remotePort || req.socket.remotePort;
      req.headers['x-forwarded-port'] += portToAppend;
    }
    else {
      req.headers['x-forwarded-port'] = req.connection.remotePort || req.socket.remotePort;
    }

    if (req.headers['x-forwarded-proto']) {
      var protoToAppend = "," + getProto(req);
      req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] += protoToAppend;
    }
    else {
      req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] = getProto(req);
    }
  }

  //
  // Emit the `start` event indicating that we have begun the proxy operation.
  //
  this.emit('start', req, res, this.target);

  //
  // If forwarding is enabled for this instance, foward proxy the
  // specified request to the address provided in `this.forward`
  //
  if (this.forward) {
    this.emit('forward', req, res, this.forward);
    this._forwardRequest(req);
  }

  //
  // #### function proxyError (err)
  // #### @err {Error} Error contacting the proxy target
  // Short-circuits `res` in the event of any error when
  // contacting the proxy target at `host` / `port`.
  //
  function proxyError(err) {
    errState = true;

    //
    // Emit an `error` event, allowing the application to use custom
    // error handling. The error handler should end the response.
    //
    if (self.emit('proxyError', err, req, res)) {
      return;
    }

    res.writeHead(500, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });

    if (req.method !== 'HEAD') {
      //
      // This NODE_ENV=production behavior is mimics Express and
      // Connect.
      //
      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
        res.write('Internal Server Error');
      }
      else {
        res.write('An error has occurred: ' + JSON.stringify(err));
      }
    }

    try { res.end() }
    catch (ex) { console.error("res.end error: %s", ex.message) }
  }

  //
  // Setup outgoing proxy with relevant properties.
  //
  outgoing.host       = this.target.host;
  outgoing.hostname   = this.target.hostname;
  outgoing.port       = this.target.port;
  outgoing.socketPath = this.target.socketPath;
  outgoing.agent      = this.target.agent;
  outgoing.method     = req.method;
  outgoing.path       = req.url;
  outgoing.headers    = req.headers;

  //
  // If the changeOrigin option is specified, change the
  // origin of the host header to the target URL! Please
  // don't revert this without documenting it!
  //
  if (this.changeOrigin) {
    outgoing.headers.host = this.target.host + ':' + this.target.port;
  }
  
  //
  // Open new HTTP request to internal resource with will act
  // as a reverse proxy pass
  //
  reverseProxy = this.target.protocol.request(outgoing, function (response) {
    //
    // Process the `reverseProxy` `response` when it's received.
    //
    if (!response.headers.connection) {
      if (req.headers.connection) { response.headers.connection = req.headers.connection }
      else {
        if (req.httpVersion === '1.0') {
          response.headers.connection = 'close'
        }
        else if (req.httpVersion === '1.1') {
          response.headers.connection = 'keep-alive'
        }
      }
    }

    // Remove `Transfer-Encoding` header if client's protocol is HTTP/1.0
    // or if this is a DELETE request with no content-length header.
    // See: https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/373
    if (req.httpVersion === '1.0' || (req.method === 'DELETE'
      && !req.headers['content-length'])) {
      delete response.headers['transfer-encoding'];
    }

    if ((response.statusCode === 301) || (response.statusCode === 302)
      && typeof response.headers.location !== 'undefined') {
      location = url.parse(response.headers.location);
      if (location.host === req.headers.host) {
        if (self.source.https && !self.target.https) {
          response.headers.location = response.headers.location.replace(/^http\:/, 'https:');
        }
        if (self.target.https && !self.source.https) {
          response.headers.location = response.headers.location.replace(/^https\:/, 'http:');
        }
      }
    }

    //
    // When the `reverseProxy` `response` ends, end the
    // corresponding outgoing `res` unless we have entered
    // an error state. In which case, assume `res.end()` has
    // already been called and the 'error' event listener
    // removed.
    //
    var ended = false;
    response.on('close', function () {
      if (!ended) { response.emit('end') }
    });

    //
    // After reading a chunked response, the underlying socket
    // will hit EOF and emit a 'end' event, which will abort
    // the request. If the socket was paused at that time,
    // pending data gets discarded, truncating the response.
    // This code makes sure that we flush pending data.
    //
    response.connection.on('end', function () {
      if (response.readable && response.resume) {
        response.resume();
      }
    });

    response.on('end', function () {
      ended = true;
      if (!errState) {
        try { res.end() }
        catch (ex) { console.error("res.end error: %s", ex.message) }

        // Emit the `end` event now that we have completed proxying
        self.emit('end', req, res, response);
      }
    });

    // Allow observer to modify headers or abort response
    try { req.emit('proxyResponse', req, res, response) }
    catch (ex) {
      errState = true;
      return;
    }

    // Set the headers of the client response
    Object.keys(response.headers).forEach(function (key) {
      res.setHeader(key, response.headers[key]);
    });
    res.writeHead(response.statusCode);

    function ondata(chunk) {
      if (res.writable) {
        // Only pause if the underlying buffers are full,
        // *and* the connection is not in 'closing' state.
        // Otherwise, the pause will cause pending data to
        // be discarded and silently lost.
        if (false === res.write(chunk) && response.pause
            && response.connection.readable) {
          response.pause();
        }
      }
    }

    response.on('data', ondata);

    function ondrain() {
      if (response.readable && response.resume) {
        response.resume();
      }
    }

    res.on('drain', ondrain);
  });

  //
  // Handle 'error' events from the `reverseProxy`.
  //
  reverseProxy.once('error', proxyError);

  //
  // Handle 'error' events from the `req` (e.g. `Parse Error`).
  //
  req.on('error', proxyError);

  //
  // If `req` is aborted, we abort our `reverseProxy` request as well.
  //
  req.on('aborted', function () {
    reverseProxy.abort();
  });

  //
  // For each data `chunk` received from the incoming
  // `req` write it to the `reverseProxy` request.
  //
  req.on('data', function (chunk) {

    if (!errState) {
      var flushed = reverseProxy.write(chunk);
      if (!flushed) {
        req.pause();
        reverseProxy.once('drain', function () {
          try { req.resume() }
          catch (er) { console.error("req.resume error: %s", er.message) }
        });

        //
        // Force the `drain` event in 100ms if it hasn't
        // happened on its own.
        //
        setTimeout(function () {
          reverseProxy.emit('drain');
        }, 100);
      }
    }
  });

  //
  // When the incoming `req` ends, end the corresponding `reverseProxy`
  // request unless we have entered an error state.
  //
  req.on('end', function () {
    if (!errState) {
      reverseProxy.end();
    }
  });

  //Aborts reverseProxy if client aborts the connection.
  req.on('close', function () {
    if (!errState) {
      reverseProxy.abort();
    }
  });

  //
  // If we have been passed buffered data, resume it.
  //
  if (buffer) {
    return !errState
      ? buffer.resume()
      : buffer.destroy();
  }
};

//
// ### function proxyWebSocketRequest (req, socket, head, buffer)
// #### @req {ServerRequest} Websocket request to proxy.
// #### @socket {net.Socket} Socket for the underlying HTTP request
// #### @head {string} Headers for the Websocket request.
// #### @buffer {Object} Result from `httpProxy.buffer(req)`
// Performs a WebSocket proxy operation to the location specified by
// `this.target`.
//
HttpProxy.prototype.proxyWebSocketRequest = function (req, socket, head, buffer) {
  var self      = this,
      outgoing  = new(this.target.base),
      listeners = {},
      errState  = false,
      CRLF      = '\r\n';

  //
  // WebSocket requests must have the `GET` method and
  // the `upgrade:websocket` header
  //
  if (req.method !== 'GET' || req.headers.upgrade.toLowerCase() !== 'websocket') {
    //
    // This request is not WebSocket request
    //
    return socket.destroy();
  }

  //
  // Add common proxy headers to the request so that they can
  // be availible to the proxy target server. If the proxy is
  // part of proxy chain it will append the address:
  //
  // * `x-forwarded-for`: IP Address of the original request
  // * `x-forwarded-proto`: Protocol of the original request
  // * `x-forwarded-port`: Port of the original request.
  //
  if (this.enable.xforward && req.connection) {
    if (req.headers['x-forwarded-for']) {
      var addressToAppend = "," + req.connection.remoteAddress || socket.remoteAddress;
      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] += addressToAppend;
    }
    else {
      req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] = req.connection.remoteAddress || socket.remoteAddress;
    }

    if (req.headers['x-forwarded-port']) {
      var portToAppend = "," + req.connection.remotePort || socket.remotePort;
      req.headers['x-forwarded-port'] += portToAppend;
    }
    else {
      req.headers['x-forwarded-port'] = req.connection.remotePort || socket.remotePort;
    }

    if (req.headers['x-forwarded-proto']) {
      var protoToAppend = "," + (req.connection.pair ? 'wss' : 'ws');
      req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] += protoToAppend;
    }
    else {
      req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] = req.connection.pair ? 'wss' : 'ws';
    }
  }

  self.emit('websocket:start', req, socket, head, this.target);

  //
  // Helper function for setting appropriate socket values:
  // 1. Turn of all bufferings
  // 2. For server set KeepAlive
  //
  function _socket(socket, keepAlive) {
    socket.setTimeout(0);
    socket.setNoDelay(true);

    if (keepAlive) {
      if (socket.setKeepAlive) {
        socket.setKeepAlive(true, 0);
      }
      else if (socket.pair.cleartext.socket.setKeepAlive) {
        socket.pair.cleartext.socket.setKeepAlive(true, 0);
      }
    }
  }

  //
  // Setup the incoming client socket.
  //
  _socket(socket, true);

  //
  // On `upgrade` from the Agent socket, listen to
  // the appropriate events.
  //
  function onUpgrade (reverseProxy, proxySocket) {
    if (!reverseProxy) {
      proxySocket.end();
      socket.end();
      return;
    }

    //
    // Any incoming data on this WebSocket to the proxy target
    // will be written to the `reverseProxy` socket.
    //
    proxySocket.on('data', listeners.onIncoming = function (data) {
      if (reverseProxy.incoming.socket.writable) {
        try {
          self.emit('websocket:outgoing', req, socket, head, data);
          var flushed = reverseProxy.incoming.socket.write(data);
          if (!flushed) {
            proxySocket.pause();
            reverseProxy.incoming.socket.once('drain', function () {
              try { proxySocket.resume() }
              catch (er) { console.error("proxySocket.resume error: %s", er.message) }
            });

            //
            // Force the `drain` event in 100ms if it hasn't
            // happened on its own.
            //
            setTimeout(function () {
              reverseProxy.incoming.socket.emit('drain');
            }, 100);
          }
        }
        catch (ex) {
          detach();
        }
      }
    });

    //
    // Any outgoing data on this Websocket from the proxy target
    // will be written to the `proxySocket` socket.
    //
    reverseProxy.incoming.socket.on('data', listeners.onOutgoing = function (data) {
      try {
        self.emit('websocket:incoming', reverseProxy, reverseProxy.incoming, head, data);
        var flushed = proxySocket.write(data);
        if (!flushed) {
          reverseProxy.incoming.socket.pause();
          proxySocket.once('drain', function () {
            try { reverseProxy.incoming.socket.resume() }
            catch (er) { console.error("reverseProxy.incoming.socket.resume error: %s", er.message) }
          });

          //
          // Force the `drain` event in 100ms if it hasn't
          // happened on its own.
          //
          setTimeout(function () {
            proxySocket.emit('drain');
          }, 100);
        }
      }
      catch (ex) {
        detach();
      }
    });

    //
    // Helper function to detach all event listeners
    // from `reverseProxy` and `proxySocket`.
    //
    function detach() {
      proxySocket.destroySoon();
      proxySocket.removeListener('end', listeners.onIncomingClose);
      proxySocket.removeListener('data', listeners.onIncoming);
      reverseProxy.incoming.socket.destroySoon();
      reverseProxy.incoming.socket.removeListener('end', listeners.onOutgoingClose);
      reverseProxy.incoming.socket.removeListener('data', listeners.onOutgoing);
    }

   //
    // If the incoming `proxySocket` socket closes, then
    // detach all event listeners.
    //
    listeners.onIncomingClose = function () {
      reverseProxy.incoming.socket.destroy();
      detach();

      // Emit the `end` event now that we have completed proxying
      self.emit('websocket:end', req, socket, head);    
    }

    //
    // If the `reverseProxy` socket closes, then detach all
    // event listeners.
    //    
    listeners.onOutgoingClose = function () {
      proxySocket.destroy();
      detach();   
    }

    proxySocket.on('end', listeners.onIncomingClose);
    proxySocket.on('close', listeners.onIncomingClose);
    reverseProxy.incoming.socket.on('end', listeners.onOutgoingClose);
    reverseProxy.incoming.socket.on('close', listeners.onOutgoingClose);
  }

  function getPort (port) {
    port = port || 80;
    return port - 80 === 0 ? '' : ':' + port;
  }

  //
  // Get the protocol, and host for this request and create an instance
  // of `http.Agent` or `https.Agent` from the pool managed by `node-http-proxy`.
  //
  var agent        = this.target.agent,
      protocolName = this.target.https ? 'https' : 'http',
      portUri      = getPort(this.source.port),
      remoteHost   = this.target.host + portUri;

  //
  // Change headers (if requested).
  //
  if (this.changeOrigin) {
    req.headers.host   = remoteHost;
    req.headers.origin = protocolName + '://' + remoteHost;
  }

  //
  // Make the outgoing WebSocket request
  //
  outgoing.host    = this.target.host;
  outgoing.port    = this.target.port;
  outgoing.agent   = agent;
  outgoing.method  = 'GET';
  outgoing.path    = req.url;
  outgoing.headers = req.headers;
  outgoing.agent   = agent;

  var reverseProxy = this.target.protocol.request(outgoing);

  //
  // On any errors from the `reverseProxy` emit the
  // `webSocketProxyError` and close the appropriate
  // connections.
  //
  function proxyError (err) {
    reverseProxy.destroy();

    process.nextTick(function () {
      //
      // Destroy the incoming socket in the next tick, in case the error handler
      // wants to write to it.
      //
      socket.destroy();
    });

    self.emit('webSocketProxyError', req, socket, head);
  }

  //
  // Here we set the incoming `req`, `socket` and `head` data to the outgoing
  // request so that we can reuse this data later on in the closure scope
  // available to the `upgrade` event. This bookkeeping is not tracked anywhere
  // in nodejs core and is **very** specific to proxying WebSockets.
  //
  reverseProxy.incoming = {
    request: req,
    socket: socket,
    head: head
  };

  //
  // If the agent for this particular `host` and `port` combination
  // is not already listening for the `upgrade` event, then do so once.
  // This will force us not to disconnect.
  //
  // In addition, it's important to note the closure scope here. Since
  // there is no mapping of the socket to the request bound to it.
  //
  reverseProxy.on('upgrade', function (_, remoteSocket, head) {
    //
    // Prepare the socket for the reverseProxy request and begin to
    // stream data between the two sockets. Here it is important to
    // note that `remoteSocket._httpMessage === reverseProxy`.
    //
    _socket(remoteSocket, true);
    onUpgrade(remoteSocket._httpMessage, remoteSocket);
  });

  //
  // If the reverseProxy connection has an underlying socket,
  // then execute the WebSocket handshake.
  //
  reverseProxy.once('socket', function (revSocket) {
    revSocket.on('data', function handshake (data) {
      //
      // Ok, kind of harmfull part of code. Socket.IO sends a hash
      // at the end of handshake if protocol === 76, but we need
      // to replace 'host' and 'origin' in response so we split
      // data to printable data and to non-printable. (Non-printable
      // will come after double-CRLF).
      //
      var sdata = data.toString();

      // Get the Printable data
      sdata = sdata.substr(0, sdata.search(CRLF + CRLF));

      // Get the Non-Printable data
      data = data.slice(Buffer.byteLength(sdata), data.length);

      if (self.source.https && !self.target.https) {
        //
        // If the proxy server is running HTTPS but the client is running
        // HTTP then replace `ws` with `wss` in the data sent back to the client.
        //
        sdata = sdata.replace('ws:', 'wss:');
      }

      try {
        //
        // Write the printable and non-printable data to the socket
        // from the original incoming request.
        //
        self.emit('websocket:handshake', req, socket, head, sdata, data);
        socket.write(sdata);
        var flushed = socket.write(data);
        if (!flushed) {
          revSocket.pause();
          socket.once('drain', function () {
            try { revSocket.resume() }
            catch (er) { console.error("reverseProxy.socket.resume error: %s", er.message) }
          });

          //
          // Force the `drain` event in 100ms if it hasn't
          // happened on its own.
          //
          setTimeout(function () {
            socket.emit('drain');
          }, 100);
        }
      }
      catch (ex) {
        //
        // Remove data listener on socket error because the
        // 'handshake' has failed.
        //
        revSocket.removeListener('data', handshake);
        return proxyError(ex);
      }

      //
      // Remove data listener now that the 'handshake' is complete
      //
      revSocket.removeListener('data', handshake);
    });
  });

  //
  // Handle 'error' events from the `reverseProxy`.
  //
  reverseProxy.on('error', proxyError);

  //
  // Handle 'error' events from the `req` (e.g. `Parse Error`).
  //
  req.on('error', proxyError);

  try {
    //
    // Attempt to write the upgrade-head to the reverseProxy
    // request. This is small, and there's only ever one of
    // it; no need for pause/resume.
    //
    // XXX This is very wrong and should be fixed in node's core
    //
    reverseProxy.write(head);
    if (head && head.length === 0) {
      reverseProxy._send('');
    }
  }
  catch (ex) {
    return proxyError(ex);
  }

  //
  // If we have been passed buffered data, resume it.
  //
  if (buffer) {
    return !errState
      ? buffer.resume()
      : buffer.destroy();
  }
};

//
// ### function close()
// Closes all sockets associated with the Agents
// belonging to this instance.
//
HttpProxy.prototype.close = function () {
  [this.forward, this.target].forEach(function (proxy) {
    if (proxy && proxy.agent) {
      for (var host in proxy.agent.sockets) {
        proxy.agent.sockets[host].forEach(function (socket) {
          socket.end();
        });
      }
    }
  });
};

//
// ### @private function _forwardRequest (req)
// #### @req {ServerRequest} Incoming HTTP Request to proxy.
// Forwards the specified `req` to the location specified
// by `this.forward` ignoring errors and the subsequent response.
//
HttpProxy.prototype._forwardRequest = function (req) {
  var self = this,
      outgoing = new(this.forward.base),
      forwardProxy;

  //
  // Setup outgoing proxy with relevant properties.
  //
  outgoing.host    = this.forward.host;
  outgoing.port    = this.forward.port,
  outgoing.agent   = this.forward.agent;
  outgoing.method  = req.method;
  outgoing.path    = req.url;
  outgoing.headers = req.headers;

  //
  // Open new HTTP request to internal resource with will
  // act as a reverse proxy pass.
  //
  forwardProxy = this.forward.protocol.request(outgoing, function (response) {
    //
    // Ignore the response from the forward proxy since this is a 'fire-and-forget' proxy.
    // Remark (indexzero): We will eventually emit a 'forward' event here for performance tuning.
    //
  });

  //
  // Add a listener for the connection timeout event.
  //
  // Remark: Ignoring this error in the event
  //         forward target doesn't exist.
  //
  forwardProxy.once('error', function (err) { });

  //
  // Chunk the client request body as chunks from
  // the proxied request come in
  //
  req.on('data', function (chunk) {
    var flushed = forwardProxy.write(chunk);
    if (!flushed) {
      req.pause();
      forwardProxy.once('drain', function () {
        try { req.resume() }
        catch (er) { console.error("req.resume error: %s", er.message) }
      });

      //
      // Force the `drain` event in 100ms if it hasn't
      // happened on its own.
      //
      setTimeout(function () {
        forwardProxy.emit('drain');
      }, 100);
    }
  });

  //
  // At the end of the client request, we are going to
  // stop the proxied request
  //
  req.on('end', function () {
    forwardProxy.end();
  });
};