nr-proxy

Proxy HTTP requests over to a websocket.

• Runs on Google App Engine (GAE)
• Has to be in the flexible environment so that websockets can connect

Prerequisites

• Download the Google Cloud SDK
• Create a project: gcloud projects create [YOUR_PROJECT_NAME] --set-as-default
• Initialise app: gcloud app create --project=[YOUR_PROJECT_NAME]
• Enable billing
• Install Git
• Install Node.js

Run the proxy

git clone https://github.com/hajamie/nr-proxy.git
cd nr-proxy
npm install
npm run deploy

Take a look at http://YOUR_PROJECT_ID.appspot.com Create a node:

[{"id":"b3e9242.c5b60d8","type":"websocket in","z":"ba3995de.77a128","name":"nr-proxy","server":"","client":"1da91ba0.567e24","x":80,"y":40,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"1da91ba0.567e24","type":"websocket-client","z":"","path":"http://YOUR_PROJECT_ID.appspot.com","tls":"","wholemsg":"false"}]

SSL setup

HTTP is redirected to HTTPS when deployed to GAE.
See Google's setup instructions

Useful tools

• WebSocket Test Client Chrome extension
• Postman API Development Environment