The ngrok agent in library form, suitable for integrating directly into your NodeJS application.
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ngrok-javascript is the official Node.js SDK for ngrok that requires no binaries. Quickly enable secure production-ready connectivity to your applications and services directly from your code.
ngrok is a globally distributed gateway that provides secure connectivity for applications and services running in any environment.
Using npm:
``shell`
npm install @ngrok/ngrok
Using yarn:
`shell`
yarn add @ngrok/ngrok
Using pnpm:
`shell`
pnpm add @ngrok/ngrok
1. Install @ngrok/ngrok
2. Export your authtoken from the ngrok dashboard as NGROK_AUTHTOKEN in your terminal8080
3. Add the following code to your application to establish connectivity via the forward method through port over localhost:
`jsxIngress established at: ${listener.url()}
// Require ngrok javascript sdk
const ngrok = require("@ngrok/ngrok");
// import ngrok from '@ngrok/ngrok' // if inside a module
(async function() {
// Establish connectivity
const listener = await ngrok.forward({ addr: 8080, authtoken_from_env: true });
// Output ngrok url to console
console.log();
})();
process.stdin.resume();
`
That's it! Your application should now be available through the url output in your terminal.
> Note
> You can find more examples in the examples directory.
A quickstart guide and a full API reference are included in the ngrok-javascript documentation.
To use ngrok you'll need an authtoken. To obtain one, sign up for free at ngrok.com and retrieve it from the authtoken page of your ngrok dashboard. Once you have copied your authtoken, you can reference it in several ways.
You can set it in the NGROK_AUTHTOKEN environment variable and pass authtoken_from_env: true to the forward method:
`jsx`
await ngrok.forward({ authtoken_from_env: true, ... });
Or pass the authtoken directly to the forward method:
`jsx`
await ngrok.forward({ authtoken: token, ... });
Or set it for all connections with the authtoken method:
`jsx`
await ngrok.authtoken(token);
The forward method is the easiest way to start an ngrok session and establish a listener to a specified address. The forward method returns a promise that resolves to the public URL of the listener.
With no arguments the forward method will start an HTTP listener to localhost port 80:
`jsx
const ngrok = require("@ngrok/ngrok");
// import ngrok from '@ngrok/ngrok' // if inside a module
(async function() {
console.log( (await ngrok.forward()).url() );
})();
`
You can pass the port number to forward on localhost:
`jsx`
const listener = await ngrok.forward(4242);
Or you can specify the host and port via a string:
`jsx`
const listener = await ngrok.forward("localhost:4242");
More options can be passed to the forward method to customize the connection:
`jsx`
const listener = await ngrok.forward({ addr: 8080, basic_auth: "ngrok:online1line" });
const listener = await ngrok.forward({ addr: 8080, oauth_provider: "google", oauth_allow_domains: "example.com" });
The (optional) proto parameter is the listener type, which defaults to http. To create a TCP listener:
`jsx`
const listener = await ngrok.forward({ proto: 'tcp', addr: 25565 });
See Full Configuration for the list of possible configuration options.
The close method on a listener will shut it down, and also stop the ngrok session if it is no longer needed. This method returns a promise that resolves when the listener is closed.
`jsx`
const listener = await ngrok.getListenerByUrl(url);
await listener.close();
Or use the disconnect method with the url() of the listener to close (or id() for a Labeled Listener):
`jsx`
await ngrok.disconnect(listener.url());
Or omit the url() to close all listeners:
`jsx`
await ngrok.disconnect();
To list all current non-closed listeners use the listeners method:
`jsx`
const listeners = await ngrok.listeners();
For more control over Sessions and Listeners, the builder classes can be used.
A minimal example using the builder class looks like the following:
`jsx`
async function create_listener() {
const session = await new ngrok.NgrokSessionBuilder().authtokenFromEnv().connect();
const listener = await session.httpEndpoint().listen();
console.log("Ingress established at:", listener.url());
listener.forward("localhost:8081");
}
See here for a Full Configuration Example
As of version 0.7.0 there is backend TLS connection support, validated by a filepath specified in the SSL_CERT_FILE environment variable, or falling back to the host OS installed trusted certificate authorities. So it is now possible to do this to forward:
`jsx`
await ngrok.forward({ addr: "https://127.0.0.1:3000", authtoken_from_env: true });
If the service is using certs not trusted by the OS, such as self-signed certificates, add an environment variable like this before running: SSL_CERT_FILE=/path/to/ca.crt. There is also a verify_upstream_tls: false option to disable certification verification.
All methods return a Promise and are suitable for use in asynchronous.then()
programming. You can use callback chaining with and .catch() syntaxawait
or the keyword to wait for completion of an API call.
#### Error Handling
All asynchronous functions will throw an error on failure to set up a session or listener,
which can be caught and dealt with using try/catch or then/catch statements:
`jsx`
new ngrok.NgrokSessionBuilder().authtokenFromEnv().connect()
.then((session) => {
session.httpEndpoint().listen()
.then((tun) => {})
.catch(err => console.log('listener setup error: ' + err))
})
.catch(err => console.log('session setup error: ' + err))
.await;
This example shows all the possible configuration items of ngrok.forward:
`jsxlocalhost:8080
const listener = await ngrok.forward({
// session configuration
addr: , // or 8080 or unix:${UNIX_SOCKET}
authtoken: "
authtoken_from_env: true,
on_status_change: (addr, error) => {
console.log();`
},
session_metadata: "Online in One Line",
// advanced session connection configuration
server_addr: "example.com:443",
root_cas: "trusted",
session_ca_cert: fs.readFileSync("ca.pem", "utf8"),
// listener configuration
metadata: "example listener metadata from javascript",
domain: "
proto: "http",
proxy_proto: "", // One of: "", "1", "2"
schemes: ["HTTPS"],
labels: "edge:edghts_2G...", // Along with proto="labeled"
app_protocol: "http2",
// module configuration
basic_auth: ["ngrok:online1line"],
circuit_breaker: 0.1,
compression: true,
allow_user_agent: "^mozilla.*",
deny_user_agent: "^curl.*",
ip_restriction_allow_cidrs: ["0.0.0.0/0"],
ip_restriction_deny_cidrs: ["10.1.1.1/32"],
crt: fs.readFileSync("crt.pem", "utf8"),
key: fs.readFileSync("key.pem", "utf8"),
mutual_tls_cas: [fs.readFileSync('ca.crt', 'utf8')],
oauth_provider: "google",
oauth_allow_domains: ["
oauth_allow_emails: ["
oauth_scopes: ["
oauth_client_id: "
oauth_client_secret: "
oidc_issuer_url: "
oidc_client_id: "
oidc_client_secret: "
oidc_allow_domains: ["
oidc_allow_emails: ["
oidc_scopes: ["
pooling_enabled: false,
traffic_policy: "
request_header_remove: ["X-Req-Nope"],
response_header_remove: ["X-Res-Nope"],
request_header_add: ["X-Req-Yup:true"],
response_header_add: ["X-Res-Yup:true"],
verify_upstream_tls: false,
verify_webhook_provider: "twilio",
verify_webhook_secret: "asdf",
websocket_tcp_converter: true,
});
The Config interface also shows all the available options.
Degit can be used for cloning and running an example directory like this:
`bash`
npx degit github:ngrok/ngrok-javascript/examples/
cd
npm i
For example:bash`
npx degit github:ngrok/ngrok-javascript/examples/express express && cd express && npm i
#### Frameworks
- AWS App Runner
- Express
- Fastify Example
- Hapi Example
- Koa Example
- Nest.js
- Next.js
- Remix
- Svelte
- Typescript
- Vue
- Winston (Logging)
#### Listeners
* ngrok.forward (minimal)
* ngrok.forward (full)
* HTTP (ngrok.listener)
* HTTP (SessionBuilder minimal)
* HTTP (SessionBuilder full)
* Labeled
* TCP
* TLS
* Windows Pipe
Pre-built binaries are provided on NPM for the following platforms:
| OS | i686 | x64 | aarch64 | arm |
| ---------- | -----|-----|---------|-----|
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MacOS | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux musl | | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FreeBSD | | ✓ | | |
| Android | | | ✓ | ✓ |
> Note
> ngrok-javascript, and ngrok-rust which it depends on, are open source, so it may be possible to build them for other platforms.
>
> On Windows, ensure you have Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable installed.
>
> We currently support MacOS 10.13+.
- NAPI-RS, an excellent system to ease development and building of Rust plugins for NodeJS.
Changes to ngrok-javascript are tracked under CHANGELOG.md.
- Check out our official docs
- Read about updates on our blog
- Open an issue or pull request
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- Subscribe to our Youtube channel (@ngrokHQ)
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You can choose between one of them if you use this work.
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