http to https node proxy - proxy

Question

I would like to know the easiest way to set up a proxy where I can make HTTP requests in (i.e.) localhost:8011 and the proxy makes a HTTPS request in localhost:443 (the HTTPS answer from the server should be translated to HTTP by the proxy as well)
I'm using node.js
I've tried http-proxy like this:
var httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
var options = {
changeOrigin: true,
target: {
https: true
}
}
httpProxy.createServer(443, 'localhost', options).listen(8011);
I have also tried this:
httpProxy.createProxyServer({
target: {
host:'https://development.beigebracht.com',
rejectUnauthorized: false,
https: true,
}
}).listen(port);
But when I'm trying to connect I'm getting this error
/Users/adrian/Development/beigebracht-v2/app/webroot/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.js:103
var proxyReq = (options.target.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http).reque
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'protocol' of undefined
I would like to do it with node, but, other solutions can be valid.
(The proxy will be used in localhost just with testing purposes so security is not a problem)

Answer 1

I needed a HTTP->HTTPS node proxy for unit testing. What I ended up doing was creating the HTTP proxy and then have it listen for and handle the connect event. When the server receives the CONNECT request, it sets up a tunnel to the HTTPS target URL and forwards all packets from the client socket to the target socket and vice versa.
Sample code:
var httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
var net = require('net');
var url = require('url');
var options = {
host: 'localhost',
port: 3002
};
var proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer();
proxy.http = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
var target = url.parse(req.url);
// The `path` attribute would cause problems later.
target.path = undefined;
proxy.web(req, res, {
target: target
});
}).listen(options.port, options.host);
// This allows the HTTP proxy server to handle CONNECT requests.
proxy.http.on('connect', function connectTunnel(req, cltSocket, head) {
// Bind local address of proxy server.
var srvSocket = new net.Socket({
handle: net._createServerHandle(options.host)
});
// Connect to an origin server.
var srvUrl = url.parse('http://' + req.url);
srvSocket.connect(srvUrl.port, srvUrl.hostname, function() {
cltSocket.write(
'HTTP/1.1 200 Connection Established\r\n' +
'Proxy-agent: Node.js-Proxy\r\n' +
'\r\n'
);
srvSocket.write(head);
srvSocket.pipe(cltSocket);
cltSocket.pipe(srvSocket);
});
});