Working on forwarding HTTP requests

index.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var net = require('net');
 var http = require('http');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var winston = require("winston");
+var rp = require("request-promise");
 
 // Rudimentary logger.
 // TODO - Make this filename configurable.
@@ -40,8 +41,13 @@ class HttpRequest {
      * 
      * TODO - Implement me.
      */
-    async forwardRequest() {
-
+    forwardRequest(callbackFn) {
+        console.log("Forwarding.")
+        http.request({
+            host: this.attrs.headers.Host,
+            method: this.attrs.Method,
+            headers: this.attrs.headers
+        }, callbackFn);
     }
 }
 
@@ -92,10 +98,10 @@ function startServer() {
             parseHttpRequest(c.toString())
                 .then((req) => {
                     req.logSomething();
-                    return req;
-                })
-                .then((req) => {
-
+                    req.forwardRequest((res) => {
+                        console.log("Received response");
+                        console.log(res);
+                    });
                 })
         });
     })

package-lock.json

@@ -831,6 +831,11 @@
         "tweetnacl": "^0.14.3"
       }
     },
+    "bluebird": {
+      "version": "3.5.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.5.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/qKPUQlaW1OyR51WeCPBvRnAlnZFUJkCSG5HzGnuIqhgyJtF+T94lFnn33eiazjRm2LAHVy2guNnaq48X9SJuw=="
+    },
     "body-parser": {
       "version": "1.18.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.18.3.tgz",
@@ -4300,14 +4305,12 @@
     "psl": {
       "version": "1.1.31",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.1.31.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-6aqG0BAbWxBcvpOsa3hM1UcnYYQ=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-6aqG0BAbWxBcvpOsa3hM1UcnYYQ="
     },
     "punycode": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-tYsBCsQMIsVldhbI0sLALHv0eew=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-tYsBCsQMIsVldhbI0sLALHv0eew="
     },
     "qs": {
       "version": "6.5.2",
@@ -4518,11 +4521,21 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "request-promise": {
+      "version": "4.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/request-promise/-/request-promise-4.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-0epG1lSm7k+O5qT+oQGMIpEZBLQ=",
+      "requires": {
+        "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
+        "request-promise-core": "1.1.1",
+        "stealthy-require": "^1.1.0",
+        "tough-cookie": ">=2.3.3"
+      }
+    },
     "request-promise-core": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/request-promise-core/-/request-promise-core-1.1.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-Pu4AssWqgyOc+wTFcA2jb4HNCLY=",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "lodash": "^4.13.1"
       }
@@ -5293,8 +5306,7 @@
     "stealthy-require": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stealthy-require/-/stealthy-require-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-NbCYdbT/SfJqd35QmzCQoyJr8ks=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-NbCYdbT/SfJqd35QmzCQoyJr8ks="
     },
     "string-length": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
@@ -5453,7 +5465,6 @@
       "version": "2.5.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.5.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-zZ+yoKodWhK0c72fuW+j3P9lreI=",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "psl": "^1.1.28",
         "punycode": "^2.1.1"

package.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.16.4",
+    "request-promise": "^4.2.2",
     "winston": "^3.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {