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93 changes: 93 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -110,6 +110,99 @@ server.on('requestFailed', ({ request, error }) => {
});
```

## Run a simple HTTPS proxy server

This example demonstrates how to create an HTTPS proxy server with a self-signed certificate. The HTTPS proxy server works identically to the HTTP version but with TLS encryption.

```javascript
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const ProxyChain = require('proxy-chain');

(async () => {
// TODO: update these lines to use your own key and cert
const sslKey = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'ssl.key'));
const sslCrt = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'ssl.crt'));

const server = new ProxyChain.Server({
// Main difference between 'http' and 'https' is additional event listening:
//
// http
// -> listen for 'connection' events to track raw TCP sockets
//
// https:
// -> listen for 'securedConnection' events (instead of 'connection') to track only post-TLS-handshake sockets
// -> additionally listen for 'tlsError' events to handle TLS handshake errors
//
// Default value is 'http'
serverType: 'https',

// Provide the TLS certificate and private key
httpsOptions: {
key: sslKey,
cert: sslCrt,
},

// Port where the server will listen
port: 8443,

// Enable verbose logging to see what's happening
verbose: true,

// Optional: Add authentication and upstream proxy configuration
prepareRequestFunction: ({ username, hostname, port }) => {
console.log(`Request to ${hostname}:${port} from user: ${username || 'anonymous'}`);

// Allow the request
return {};
},
});

// Handle failed HTTP/HTTPS requests
server.on('requestFailed', ({ request, error }) => {
console.log(`Request ${request.url} failed`);
console.error(error);
});

// Handle TLS handshake errors
server.on('tlsError', ({ error, socket }) => {
console.error(`TLS error from ${socket.remoteAddress}: ${error.message}`);
});

// Emitted when HTTP/HTTPS connection is closed
server.on('connectionClosed', ({ connectionId, stats }) => {
console.log(`Connection ${connectionId} closed`);
console.dir(stats);
});

// Start the server
await server.listen();

// Handle graceful shutdown
process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
console.log('\nShutting down server...');
await server.close(true);
console.log('Server closed.');
process.exit(0);
});

// Keep the server running
await new Promise(() => { });
})();
```

Run server:

```bash
node https_proxy_server.js
```

Send request via proxy:

```bash
curl --proxy-insecure -x https://localhost:8443 -k https://example.com
```

## Use custom HTTP agents for connection pooling

You can provide custom HTTP/HTTPS agents to enable connection pooling and reuse with upstream proxies. This is particularly useful for maintaining sticky IP addresses or reducing connection overhead:
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions package.json
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{
"name": "proxy-chain",
"version": "2.6.1",
"version": "2.7.0",
"description": "Node.js implementation of a proxy server (think Squid) with support for SSL, authentication, upstream proxy chaining, and protocol tunneling.",
"main": "dist/index.js",
"keywords": [
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"clean": "rimraf dist",
"prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
"local-proxy": "node ./dist/run_locally.js",
"test": "nyc cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--insecure-http-parser mocha --bail",
"test:docker": "docker build --tag proxy-chain-tests --file test/Dockerfile . && docker run proxy-chain-tests",
"test": "nyc cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--insecure-http-parser mocha",
"test:docker": "docker build --tag proxy-chain-tests --file test/Dockerfile . && docker run proxy-chain-tests",
"test:docker:all": "bash scripts/test-docker-all.sh",
"lint": "eslint .",
"lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
},
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29 changes: 29 additions & 0 deletions scripts/test-docker-all.sh
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#!/bin/bash

echo "Starting parallel Docker tests for Node 14, 16, and 18..."

# Run builds in parallel, capture PIDs.
docker build --build-arg NODE_IMAGE=node:14.21.3-bullseye --tag proxy-chain-tests:node14 --file test/Dockerfile . && docker run proxy-chain-tests:node14 &
pid14=$!
docker build --build-arg NODE_IMAGE=node:16.20.2-bookworm --tag proxy-chain-tests:node16 --file test/Dockerfile . && docker run proxy-chain-tests:node16 &
pid16=$!
docker build --build-arg NODE_IMAGE=node:18.20.8-bookworm --tag proxy-chain-tests:node18 --file test/Dockerfile . && docker run proxy-chain-tests:node18 &
pid18=$!

# Wait for all and capture exit codes.
wait $pid14
ec14=$?
wait $pid16
ec16=$?
wait $pid18
ec18=$?

echo ""
echo "========== Results =========="
echo "Node 14: $([ $ec14 -eq 0 ] && echo 'PASS' || echo 'FAIL')"
echo "Node 16: $([ $ec16 -eq 0 ] && echo 'PASS' || echo 'FAIL')"
echo "Node 18: $([ $ec18 -eq 0 ] && echo 'PASS' || echo 'FAIL')"
echo "============================="

# Exit with non-zero if any failed.
exit $((ec14 + ec16 + ec18))
112 changes: 100 additions & 12 deletions src/server.ts
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Expand Up @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
import type dns from 'node:dns';
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
import http from 'node:http';
import type https from 'node:https';
import https from 'node:https';
import type net from 'node:net';
import { URL } from 'node:url';
import util from 'node:util';
Expand All @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type { HandlerOpts as ForwardOpts } from './forward';
import { forward } from './forward';
import { forwardSocks } from './forward_socks';
import { RequestError } from './request_error';
import type { Socket } from './socket';
import type { Socket, TLSSocket } from './socket';
import { badGatewayStatusCodes } from './statuses';
import { getTargetStats } from './utils/count_target_bytes';
import { nodeify } from './utils/nodeify';
Expand All @@ -41,10 +41,23 @@ export const SOCKS_PROTOCOLS = ['socks:', 'socks4:', 'socks4a:', 'socks5:', 'soc
const DEFAULT_AUTH_REALM = 'ProxyChain';
const DEFAULT_PROXY_SERVER_PORT = 8000;

const HTTPS_DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
// Disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 (deprecated, insecure).
// All other TLS settings use Node.js defaults for cipher selection (automatically updated).
minVersion: 'TLSv1.2',
} as const;

/**
* Connection statistics for bandwidth tracking.
*/
export type ConnectionStats = {
// Bytes sent by proxy to client.
srcTxBytes: number;
// Bytes received by proxy from client.
srcRxBytes: number;
// Bytes sent by proxy to target.
trgTxBytes: number | null;
// Bytes received by proxy from target.
trgRxBytes: number | null;
};

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type Promisable<T> = T | Promise<T>;
export type PrepareRequestFunction = (opts: PrepareRequestFunctionOpts) => Promisable<undefined | PrepareRequestFunctionResult>;

type ServerOptionsBase = {
port?: number;
host?: string;
prepareRequestFunction?: PrepareRequestFunction;
verbose?: boolean;
authRealm?: unknown;
};

export type HttpServerOptions = ServerOptionsBase & {
serverType?: 'http';
};

export type HttpsServerOptions = ServerOptionsBase & {
serverType: 'https';
httpsOptions: https.ServerOptions;
};

export type ServerOptions = HttpServerOptions | HttpsServerOptions;

/**
* Represents the proxy server.
* It emits the 'requestFailed' event on unexpected request errors, with the following parameter `{ error, request }`.
* It emits the 'connectionClosed' event when connection to proxy server is closed, with parameter `{ connectionId, stats }`.
* It emits the 'tlsError' event on TLS handshake failures (HTTPS servers only), with parameter `{ error, socket }`.
* with parameter `{ connectionId, reason, hasParent, parentType }`.
*/
export class Server extends EventEmitter {
port: number;
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verbose: boolean;

server: http.Server;
server: http.Server | https.Server;

serverType: 'http' | 'https';

lastHandlerId: number;

Expand All @@ -124,6 +160,9 @@ export class Server extends EventEmitter {
* Initializes a new instance of Server class.
* @param options
* @param [options.port] Port where the server will listen. By default 8000.
* @param [options.serverType] Type of server to create: 'http' or 'https'. By default 'http'.
* @param [options.httpsOptions] HTTPS server options (required when serverType is 'https').
* Accepts standard Node.js https.ServerOptions including key, cert, ca, passphrase, etc.
* @param [options.prepareRequestFunction] Custom function to authenticate proxy requests,
* provide URL to upstream proxy or potentially provide a function that generates a custom response to HTTP requests.
* It accepts a single parameter which is an object:
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* @param [options.authRealm] Realm used in the Proxy-Authenticate header and also in the 'Server' HTTP header. By default it's `ProxyChain`.
* @param [options.verbose] If true, the server will output logs
*/
constructor(options: {
port?: number,
host?: string,
prepareRequestFunction?: PrepareRequestFunction,
verbose?: boolean,
authRealm?: unknown,
} = {}) {
constructor(options: ServerOptions = {}) {
super();

if (options.port === undefined || options.port === null) {
Expand All @@ -174,11 +207,43 @@ export class Server extends EventEmitter {
this.authRealm = options.authRealm || DEFAULT_AUTH_REALM;
this.verbose = !!options.verbose;

this.server = http.createServer();
// Keep legacy behavior (http) as default behavior.
this.serverType = options.serverType === 'https' ? 'https' : 'http';

if (options.serverType === 'https') {
if (!options.httpsOptions) {
throw new Error('httpsOptions is required when serverType is "https"');
}

// Apply secure TLS defaults (user options can override).
const effectiveOptions: https.ServerOptions = {
...HTTPS_DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
honorCipherOrder: true,
...options.httpsOptions,
};

this.server = https.createServer(effectiveOptions);
} else {
this.server = http.createServer();
}

// Attach common event handlers (same for both HTTP and HTTPS).
this.server.on('clientError', this.onClientError.bind(this));
this.server.on('request', this.onRequest.bind(this));
this.server.on('connect', this.onConnect.bind(this));
this.server.on('connection', this.onConnection.bind(this));

// Attach connection tracking based on server type.
// Only listen to one connection event to avoid double registration.
if (this.serverType === 'https') {
// For HTTPS: Track only post-TLS-handshake sockets (secureConnection).
// This ensures we track the TLS-wrapped socket with correct bytesRead/bytesWritten.
this.server.on('secureConnection', this.onConnection.bind(this));
// Handle TLS handshake errors to prevent server crashes.
this.server.on('tlsClientError', this.onTLSClientError.bind(this));
} else {
// For HTTP: Track raw TCP sockets (connection).
this.server.on('connection', this.onConnection.bind(this));
}

this.lastHandlerId = 0;
this.stats = {
Expand All @@ -189,6 +254,29 @@ export class Server extends EventEmitter {
this.connections = new Map();
}

/**
* Handles TLS handshake errors for HTTPS servers.
* Without this handler, unhandled TLS errors can crash the server.
* Common errors: ECONNRESET, ERR_SSL_SSLV3_ALERT_CERTIFICATE_UNKNOWN,
* ERR_SSL_TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, ERR_SSL_SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE
*/
onTLSClientError(err: NodeJS.ErrnoException, tlsSocket: TLSSocket): void {
const connectionId = (tlsSocket as TLSSocket).proxyChainId;
this.log(connectionId, `TLS handshake failed: ${err.message}`);

// Emit event in first place before any return statement.
this.emit('tlsError', { error: err, socket: tlsSocket });

// If connection already reset or socket not writable, nothing more to do.
if (err.code === 'ECONNRESET' || !tlsSocket.writable) {
return;
}

// TLS handshake failed before HTTP, cannot send HTTP response.
// Destroy the socket to clean up.
tlsSocket.destroy(err);
}

log(connectionId: unknown, str: string): void {
if (this.verbose) {
const logPrefix = connectionId != null ? `${String(connectionId)} | ` : '';
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FROM node:18.20.8-bookworm@sha256:c6ae79e38498325db67193d391e6ec1d224d96c693a8a4d943498556716d3783
ARG NODE_IMAGE=node:18.20.8-bookworm
FROM ${NODE_IMAGE}

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends chromium \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
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