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POHow do I receive an http request with a Node.js server and then pass that request along to another server?
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copied!<p>There's a lot going on here so I'll simplify this into a pseudo example. Forget about security and whatnot for a minute here. The point is to understand the functionality.</p> <p>Let's say I'm running a local web server with node.js to dev a website. In the website, the user should be able to create a new account. The account information will be submitted via ajax to the node server. I then need the node server to take the incoming request and pass it along to another server that gives me access to a database. CouchDB, for example.</p> <p>So here's a pseudo example of what I'd like to happen.</p> <p>In the client's browser:</p> <pre><code>$.ajax({ url: './database_stuff/whatever', // points to the node web server method: 'POST', data: {name: 'Billy', age: 24} }); </code></pre> <p>In the Node web server:</p> <pre><code>var http = require('http'), dbServer = 'http://127.0.0.1:5984/database_url'; http.createServer(function (req, res) { /* figure out that we need to access the database then... */ // magically pass the request on to the db server http.magicPassAlongMethod(req, dbServer, function (dbResponse) { // pass the db server's response back to the client dbResponse.on('data', function (chunk) { res.end(chunk); }); }) }).listen(8888); </code></pre> <p>Make sense? Basically what's the best way to pass the original request along to another server and then pass the response back to the client?</p>

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