Express Downstream

A simple server which prints out information about the request including the path, method, headers and environment.

It is often used as a Docker container when setting up proxy configurations.

npm install
PATH_404=/404 PATH_500=/500 SCRIPT_NAME="" NAME='Hello!' PORT=8000 DEBUG=express-downstream node bin/express-downstream.js

With this setup, paths under /404 always return 404, paths under /500 return 500. Other paths return 200.

You can configure the following variables:

• PORT - port to bind to, default 80
• NAME - the heading of the page, default Express Downstream
• SCRIPT_NAME the path at which a 200 page should be returned, default ''
• PATH_404 the path at which express should always return a 404 page for any sub-path, if not specified, no 404 handler will be used
• PATH_500 the path at which express should always return a 500 page for any sub-path, if not specified, no 500 handler will be used
• DEBUG - can be express-downstream,express-downstream:debug for full debugging, express-downstream for lkey messages, or empty for no debugging

Changelog

0.1.4 2019-01-02

• Show the value of NAME for each request (as well as the existing path and status) and show it in the X-Name response header

0.1.3 2019-01-02

• Make the 404 and 500 paths configurable too
• Handle SIGTERM
• Changed default port to 80

0.1.2 2018-12-30

• Added support for the SCRIPT_NAME environment variable
• Made paths under /404 return a 404 status code, and paths under /500 return a 500 status

0.1.1 2018-12-15

• Added a NAME environment variable defaulting to Express Downstream

0.1.0

• Initial release