devurl

convert your ugly urls dev urls from http://localhost:3000 to http://dev.myapp.com

$ npm install -g devurl

before get started you need to start devurl proxy, it need to be done as a root because devurl need privilege to listen on port 80 and change hosts file.

currently it only works with local machine (see issue #1)

start devurl proxy demon

sudo devurl start

stop devurl proxy demon

devurl stop

proxy app

devurl dev.awesomesite.com http://localhost:3000

usage examples

with concurrently

example package.json

  "scripts": {
    "start-dev": "concurrent \"npm run-script server\" \"npm run-script friendly-url\"",
    "friendly-url": "devurl dev.newapp.com http://localhost:3030",
    "server": "PORT=3030 node server.js"
  },

using directly

example server.js

  var http = require('http');
  var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
  var url = 'http://localhost:' + port +'/';
  http.createServer(function (request, response) {
    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    response.end('Hello World\n');
  }).listen(port);
 
 
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV != "production") {
    var devurl = require('devurl');
    devurl.add('dev.example.com', url);
    console.log('Server running at http://dev.example.com');
  } else {
    console.log('Server running at', url);
  }
 

facts

• devurl proxy demon listen on port 80 only if there is active app running
• if proxy demon is not active for more than 3 days it will die automaticly so you need to start it again