reverse-http

Create a reverse HTTP connection to an HTTP server that supports
Reverse HTTP.


Installation

``
npm install reverse-http --save
`

Usage

`js
var reverseHttp = require('reverse-http')

var opts = {
hostname: 'example.com',
path: '/foo'
}

// Open an HTTP connection to example.com and accept reverse HTTP
// requests back to this machine
reverseHttp(opts, function (req, res) {
console.log('Incoming request:', req.method, req.url)

res.writeHead(201, {
'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
'Content-Length': 11
})

res.end('Hello World')
})
`

API

$3

Create a reverse HTTP connection to the HTTP server specificed in
options. Returns an instance of ReverseServer. The ReverseServer
inherits from
http.Server
and as such exposes the same API.

Besides the regular options inherited from
http.request
the following special options are also available:

- tls - create an https connection (default: false)
- rejectUnauthorized - if true, the server certificate is verified
(default: true)

Note that the HTTP method defaults to POST.

The optional onRequest callback will be attached as a listener to the
request event.

The following headers are added by default to the establishing outgoing
HTTP request:

`http
Upgrade: PTTH/1.0
Connection: Upgrade
Content-Length: 0
``

$3

Close the server and destroy the socket.

License

MIT