add ability to pass proxyOptions

README.md

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Using `npx` you can run the script without installing it first:
 
 `-P` or `--proxy` Proxies all requests which can't be resolved locally to the given url. e.g.: -P http://someurl.com
 
+`--proxy-options` Pass proxy [options](https://github.com/http-party/node-http-proxy#options) using nested dotted objects. e.g.: --proxyOptions.secure false
+
 `--username` Username for basic authentication [none]
 
 `--password` Password for basic authentication [none]

bin/http-server

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ if (argv.h || argv.help) {
     '  --log-ip     Enable logging of the client\'s IP address',
     '',
     '  -P --proxy         Fallback proxy if the request cannot be resolved. e.g.: http://someurl.com',
+    '  --proxy-options  Pass options to proxy using nested dotted objects. e.g.: --proxy-options.secure false',
     '',
     '  --username   Username for basic authentication [none]',
     '               Can also be specified with the env variable NODE_HTTP_SERVER_USERNAME',
@@ -61,10 +62,24 @@ var port = argv.p || argv.port || parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10),
     host = argv.a || '0.0.0.0',
     ssl = argv.S || argv.ssl,
     proxy = argv.P || argv.proxy,
+    proxyOptions = argv['proxy-options'],
     utc = argv.U || argv.utc,
     version = argv.v || argv.version,
     logger;
 
+var proxyOptionsBooleanProps = [
+  'ws', 'xfwd', 'secure', 'toProxy', 'prependPath', 'ignorePath', 'changeOrigin',
+  'preserveHeaderKeyCase', 'followRedirects', 'selfHandleResponse'
+];
+
+if (proxyOptions) {
+  Object.keys(proxyOptions).forEach(function (key) {
+    if (proxyOptionsBooleanProps.indexOf(key) > -1) {
+      proxyOptions[key] = proxyOptions[key] === 'true';
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 if (!argv.s && !argv.silent) {
   logger = {
     info: console.log,
@@ -126,6 +141,7 @@ function listen(port) {
     ext: argv.e || argv.ext,
     logFn: logger.request,
     proxy: proxy,
+    proxyOptions: proxyOptions,
     showDotfiles: argv.dotfiles,
     username: argv.username || process.env.NODE_HTTP_SERVER_USERNAME,
     password: argv.password || process.env.NODE_HTTP_SERVER_PASSWORD
@@ -184,7 +200,12 @@ function listen(port) {
     }
 
     if (typeof proxy === 'string') {
-      logger.info('Unhandled requests will be served from: ' + proxy);
+      if (proxyOptions) {
+        logger.info('Unhandled requests will be served from: ' + proxy + '. Options: ' + JSON.stringify(proxyOptions));
+      }
+      else {
+        logger.info('Unhandled requests will be served from: ' + proxy);
+      }
     }
 
     logger.info('Hit CTRL-C to stop the server');

lib/http-server.js

@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ function HttpServer(options) {
   }));
 
   if (typeof options.proxy === 'string') {
-    var proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({});
+    var proxyOptions = options.proxyOptions || {};
+    var proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer(proxyOptions);
     before.push(function (req, res) {
       proxy.web(req, res, {
         target: options.proxy,