express-redirect-https

Simple middleware that redirects GET and HEAD requests to https:// and sends a 403 for POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.

Install

$ npm install --save express-redirect-https

Options

httpsPort

Defaults to 443. The https:// port to use in the redirect.

message

Defaults to Use HTTPS when submitting data. The message passed with the 403 when submitting data over http://.

allowRFCHeader

Defaults to false. Whether or not to allow the forwarded RFC 7239 header.

allowForwardForHeader

Defaults to false. Whether or not to allow the x-forwarded-proto header.

allowNginxAltHeader

Defaults to false. Whether or not to allow the x-real-proto header.

allowAzureHeader

Defaults to false. Whether or not to allow the x-arr-ssl header.

allowZscalerHeader

Defaults to false. Whether or not to allow the z-forwarded-proto header.

allowFastlyHeader

Defaults to false. Whether or not to allow the fastly-ssl header.

Example

const express = require('express');
const app     = express();
const http    = require('http');
const https   = require('https');
const fs      = require('fs');

const sslOptions  = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/privatekey.pem'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/certificate.pem')
};

const server    = http.createServer(app);
const sslServer = https.createServer(sslOptions, app);

const redirectHttps = require('express-redirect-https');
let redirectOptions = {
  allowForwardForHeader: true,
  httpsPort: 3043
};


// For all routes
app.use(redirectHttps(redirectOptions));
app.get('/', function(request, response, next) {
  response.send('HTTPS ALL THE THINGS');
});


// Or for a single
app.get('/', redirectHttps(redirectOptions), function(request, response, next) {
  response.send('HTTPS ALL THE THINGS');
});


server.listen(3000);
sslServer.listen(3043);

Testing

Navigate to the ./test/ssl/ directory and generate keys for the ssl test server to use.

openssl genrsa -out privatekey.pem 1024
openssl req -new -key privatekey.pem -out certrequest.csr
openssl x509 -req -in certrequest.csr -signkey privatekey.pem -out certificate.pem

Then run npm run test.

License

Headgear is licensed under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2016 Bryan Kizer

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