Routing Proxy was not sending x-forward-*. Fixing It...

lib/node-http-proxy/routing-proxy.js

@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ RoutingProxy.prototype.close = function () {
   });
 };
 
+function getProto(req) {
+  return req.isSpdy ? 'https' : (req.connection.pair ? 'https' : 'http');
+}
+
 //
 // ### function proxyRequest (req, res, [port, host, paused])
 // #### @req {ServerRequest} Incoming HTTP Request to proxy.
@@ -176,7 +180,41 @@ RoutingProxy.prototype.close = function () {
 //
 RoutingProxy.prototype.proxyRequest = function (req, res, options) {
   options = options || {};
-
+
+  //
+  // 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);
+    }
+  } 
   var location;
 
   //
@@ -248,6 +286,40 @@ RoutingProxy.prototype.proxyRequest = function (req, res, options) {
 RoutingProxy.prototype.proxyWebSocketRequest = function (req, socket, head, options) {
   options = options || {};
 
+  //
+  // 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);
+    }
+  }
   var location,
       proxy,
       key;