Building a Node.js Reverse Proxy

Introduction

In this project, you will learn how to create a reverse proxy using Node.js. A reverse proxy is a server that sits between a client and a backend server, forwarding requests from the client to the backend server and returning the response back to the client.

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🎯 Tasks

In this project, you will learn:

• How to create an HTTP server using Node.js
• How to use the Stream pipe to pass the GitHub response data directly to the client
• How to start the reverse proxy server and test it

🏆 Achievements

After completing this project, you will be able to:

• Understand the concept of a reverse proxy and how it works
• Create a reverse proxy using Node.js to proxy requests to the GitHub website
• Implement the reverse proxy functionality using the Stream pipe
• Start and test the reverse proxy server