@justsml/easy-proxy

Usage

npm install -g @justsml/easy-proxy

easy-proxy \
  --username test \
  --password test123 \
  --port 5050 \
  --proxyHost "$(curl --silent http://checkip.amazonaws.com)"

Options

Name	CLI & Env Args
username	--username, PROXY_USERNAME
password	--password, PROXY_PASSWORD
port	--port, PROXY_PORT, PORT (default: 5050)
proxyHost	--proxy-host, PROXY_HOST

Set the PROXY_HOST environment variable to an accessible DNS name (or IP Address) of the proxy server.

Usage Tip

Configure via environment variables in a shell script, for example:

export PROXY_PORT=80
export PROXY_HOST=$(curl --silent http://checkip.amazonaws.com)
export PROXY_USERNAME=proxy-user
# Next, generate a password or change as needed.
export PROXY_PASSWORD=$(uuidgen | head -c 8 | sed "y/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/")
#   The password **will** be printed to the console in development, otherwise it'll be replaced with '*******'.

# Start the proxy server
easy-proxy

Development

npm start -- --username test --password test123

You can define config via environment variables and/or CLI args:

PROXY_USERNAME=test PROXY_PASSWORD=test123 npm start

# Set values for current shell session
export PROXY_USERNAME=test
export PROXY_PASSWORD=test123

npm start -- --port 5050

Client-side Testing

Start a proxy and grab the printed proxy URI. We'll need to use it to configure client access.

To test quickly with curl:

Set your PROXY_URI environment variable, then run:

# Example PROXY_URI:
#PROXY_URI=http://test:test123@localhost:5050

curl --include \
     --head \
     --show-error \
     --proxytunnel \
     --proxy "$PROXY_URI" http://www.bing.com/