# Node HTTP Proxy

This project is an HTTP proxy, written in Node.js.

I wrote this because I deal with proxies at work all the time, and wanted to write one as an exercise. I chose
Node.js due to the event-driven architecture lending itself well to networking applications and because I 
am familiar with the language.

My goal for this project is to have it be easy to spin up, and compatible with major browsers. It will do 2 things.

1. It will monitor application-level traffic (anything over HTTP/HTTPS) - and log it.
2. It will block traffic after it's detected that you've been on a certain site for too long.

In the future I would like it to:

1. Block traffic based on pre-configured block rules.
2. Attempt to block any content it deems dangerous.
3. Provide a web interface for configuration management.
4. Provide a configuration file.

So in reality, it will be a tool to help monitor your internet usage and block you from spending too much time on any particular site!

# Testing

To test, can either spin up the vagrant instance, or utilize the unit tests.

# Testing Locally

The directory `./test` includes Python based tests intended to stress the proxy.
To run them, install the requirements with Pip, then run
`python3 test_proxy.py`

# TODO

1. Setup a server that listens on a port
2. Write a rudimentary parsing routine.
3. Get Jest tests set up for the parsing routine
4. Get Vagrantfile so can test with an actual browser that asks for a proxy
5. Implement forwarding an HTTP request to the host after requesting it
6. Return forwarded HTTP request to client after response is returned.