http redirector

this is a lightweight http server that redirects requests to another http server.

building

1. install nim using dom96/choosenim
2. clone the repo
3. run nimble install argparse
4. run nim -d:ssl c src/main.nim

options and flags

Usage:
   [options]

Options:
  -h, --help
  -p, --port=PORT            The port to listen on. (default: 0)
  -u, --url=URL              The base URL to which to forward requests.
  -H, --hostheader=HOSTHEADER
                             The value for the host header. (default: )
  -P, --printheaders         Print request & response headers.
  -b, --printbody            Print request & response body.
  -t, --transparent          Be transparent about client's original IP address (X-Forwarded-For).

examples

--port 8080 --url http://localhost:8000: listen for htp requests on port 8080 and forward every request to localhost:8000.

--port 8080 --url http://localhost:8000 -t: same as above example but now the original client IP address is sent via the headers (X-Forwarded-For)