0.1.3

Added the --localhost parameter to tunnel the traffic to other hosts

.travis.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
     - 0.8
+    - 0.9

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# localtunnel [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/shtylman/localtunnel.png)](http://travis-ci.org/shtylman/localtunnel) #
+# localtunnel #
 
 localtunnel exposes your localhost to the world for easy testing and sharing! No need to mess with DNS or deploy just to have others test out your changes.
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Great for working with browser testing tools like browserling or external api ca
 npm install -g localtunnel
 ```
 
+This will install the localtunnel module globally and add the 'lt' client cli tool to your PATH.
+
 ## use ##
 
 Super Easy! Assuming your local server is running on port 8000, just use the ```lt``` command to start the tunnel.
@@ -24,14 +26,14 @@ You can restart your local server all you want, ```lt``` is smart enough to dete
 
 ## API ##
 
-The localtunnel client is also usable through an API (test integration, automation, etc)
+The localtunnel client is also usable through an API (for test integration, automation, etc)
 
 ```javascript
-var lt_client = require('localtunnel').client;
+var localtunnel = require('localtunnel');
 
-var client = lt_client.connect({
+var client = localtunnel.connect({
     // the localtunnel server
-    host: 'http://localtunnel.com',
+    host: 'http://localtunnel.me',
     // your local application port
     port: 12345
 });
@@ -46,3 +48,16 @@ client.on('error', function(err) {
     // uh oh!
 });
 ```
+
+## other clients ##
+
+Clients in other languages
+
+*go* [gotunnelme](https://github.com/NoahShen/gotunnelme)
+
+## server ##
+
+See shtylman/localtunnel-server for details on the server that powers localtunnel.
+
+## License ##
+MIT

bin/client

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-var lt_client = require(__dirname + '/../client');
+var lt_client = require('../client');
 
 var argv = require('optimist')
     .usage('Usage: $0 --port [num]')
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@ var argv = require('optimist')
     .options('subdomain', {
         describe: 'request this subdomain'
     })
+    .options('local-host', {
+        describe: 'tunnel traffic to this host instead of localhost'
+    })
+    .default('local-host', 'localhost')
     .describe('port', 'internal http server port')
     .argv;
 
 var opt = {
     host: argv.host,
     port: argv.port,
+    local_host: argv['local-host'],
     subdomain: argv.subdomain,
 }
 

bin/server

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-// vendor
-var log = require('book');
-var optimist = require('optimist');
-
-var argv = optimist
-    .usage('Usage: $0 --port [num]')
-    .options('port', {
-        default: '80',
-        describe: 'listen on this port for outside requests'
-    })
-    .argv;
-
-if (argv.help) {
-    optimist.showHelp();
-    process.exit();
-}
-
-process.once('uncaughtException', function(err) {
-    log.panic(err);
-    process.exit(-1);
-    return;
-});
-
-var server = require('../server');
-
-server.listen(argv.port, function() {
-    log.info('server listening on port: %d', server.address().port);
-});
-
-// vim: ft=javascript
-

client.js

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-// builtin
 var net = require('net');
 var url = require('url');
-var request = require('request');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
+var after = require('after');
+var request = require('request');
+
 // request upstream url and connection info
 var request_url = function(params, cb) {
     request(params, function(err, res, body) {
         if (err) {
-            cb(err);
+            return cb(err);
         }
 
         cb(null, body);
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ var request_url = function(params, cb) {
 var connect = function(opt) {
     var ev = new EventEmitter();
 
+    // local host
+    var local_host = opt.local_host;
+
     // local port
     var local_port = opt.port;
 
@@ -30,24 +34,74 @@ var connect = function(opt) {
     var assigned_domain = opt.subdomain;
 
     // connect to upstream given connection parameters
-    var tunnel = function (remote_host, remote_port, max_conn) {
+    var tunnel = function (remote_host, remote_port, dead) {
-        var count = 0;
 
-        // open 5 connections to the localtunnel server
+        var remote_opt = {
-        // allows for resources to be served faster
+            host: remote_host,
-        for (var count = 0 ; count < max_conn ; ++count) {
+            port: remote_port
-            var upstream = duplex(remote_host, remote_port, 'localhost', local_port);
+        };
-            upstream.once('end', function() {
+
-                // all upstream connections have been closed
+        var local_opt = {
-                if (--count <= 0) {
+            host: local_host,
-                    tunnel(remote_host, remote_port, max_conn);
+            port: local_port
+        };
+
+        var remote_attempts = 0;
+
+        (function conn(conn_had_error) {
+            if (conn_had_error) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // we need a new tunnel
+            if (++remote_attempts >= 3) {
+                return dead();
+            }
+
+            // connection to localtunnel server
+            var remote = net.connect(remote_opt);
+
+            remote.once('error', function(err) {
+                if (err.code !== 'ECONNREFUSED') {
+                    remote.emit('error', err);
                 }
+
+                // retrying connection to local server
+                setTimeout(conn, 1000);
             });
 
-            upstream.on('error', function(err) {
+            function recon_local() {
-                console.error(err);
+                remote.pause();
-            });
+                remote_attempts = 0;
-        }
+
+                // connection to local http server
+                var local = net.connect(local_opt);
+
+                local.once('error', function(err) {
+                    if (err.code !== 'ECONNREFUSED') {
+                        local.emit('error', err);
+                    }
+
+                    // retrying connection to local server
+                    setTimeout(recon_local, 1000);
+                });
+
+                local.once('connect', function() {
+                    remote.resume();
+                    remote.pipe(local).pipe(remote, {end: false});
+                });
+
+                local.once('close', function(had_error) {
+                    if (had_error) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    recon_local();
+                });
+            }
+
+            remote.once('close', conn);
+            remote.once('connect', recon_local);
+        })();
     };
 
     var params = {
@@ -58,76 +112,49 @@ var connect = function(opt) {
     // where to quest
     params.uri = base_uri + ((assigned_domain) ? assigned_domain : '?new');
 
-    request_url(params, function(err, body) {
+    function init_tunnel() {
+        // get an id from lt server and setup forwarding tcp connections
+        request_url(params, function(err, body) {
+            if (err) {
+                ev.emit('error', new Error('tunnel server not available: ' + err.message + ', retry 1s'));
 
-        if (err) {
+                // retry interval for id request
-            ev.emit('error', new Error('tunnel server not available: %s, retry 1s', err.message));
+                return setTimeout(function() {
+                    init_tunnel();
+                }, 1000);
+            }
 
-            // retry interval for id request
+            // our assigned hostname and tcp port
-            return setTimeout(function() {
+            var port = body.port;
-                connect_proxy(opt);
+            var host = upstream.hostname;
-            }, 1000);
-        }
 
-        // our assigned hostname and tcp port
+            // store the id so we can try to get the same one
-        var port = body.port;
+            assigned_domain = body.id;
-        var host = upstream.hostname;
 
-        // store the id so we can try to get the same one
+            var max_conn = body.max_conn_count || 1;
-        assigned_domain = body.id;
 
-        tunnel(host, port, body.max_conn_count || 1);
+            // after all our tunnels die, we ask for new ones
+            // this might happen if the upstream server dies
+            var dead = after(max_conn, function() {
+                init_tunnel();
+            });
 
-        ev.emit('url', body.url);
+            for (var count = 0 ; count < max_conn ; ++count) {
-    });
+                tunnel(host, port, dead);
+            }
+
+            ev.emit('url', body.url);
+        });
+    }
+
+    init_tunnel();
 
     return ev;
 };
 
-var duplex = function(remote_host, remote_port, local_host, local_port) {
-    var ev = new EventEmitter();
-
-    // connect to remote tcp server
-    var upstream = net.createConnection(remote_port, remote_host);
-    var internal;
-
-    // when upstream connection is closed, close other associated connections
-    upstream.once('end', function() {
-        ev.emit('error', new Error('upstream connection terminated'));
-
-        // sever connection to internal server
-        // on reconnect we will re-establish
-        internal.end();
-
-        ev.emit('end');
-    });
-
-    upstream.on('error', function(err) {
-        ev.emit('error', err);
-    });
-
-    (function connect_internal() {
-
-        internal = net.createConnection(local_port, local_host);
-        internal.on('error', function() {
-            ev.emit('error', new Error('error connecting to local server. retrying in 1s'));
-            setTimeout(function() {
-                connect_internal();
-            }, 1000);
-        });
-
-        internal.on('end', function() {
-            ev.emit('error', new Error('disconnected from local server. retrying in 1s'));
-            setTimeout(function() {
-                connect_internal();
-            }, 1000);
-        });
-
-        upstream.pipe(internal).pipe(upstream);
-    })();
-
-    return ev;
-}
-
 module.exports.connect = connect;
 
+// for backwards compatibility
+// old localtunnel modules had server and client code in same module
+// so to keep .client working we expose it here
+module.exports.client = module.exports;

index.js

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-module.exports.client = require('./client');
-module.exports.server = require('./server');

lib/rand_id.js

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-var chars = 'abcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
-module.exports = function rand_id() {
-    var randomstring = '';
-    for (var i=0; i<4; ++i) {
-        var rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
-        randomstring += chars[rnum];
-    }
-
-    return randomstring;
-}
-

package.json

@@ -2,29 +2,19 @@
   "author": "Roman Shtylman <shtylman@gmail.com>",
   "name": "localtunnel",
   "description": "expose localhost to the world",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/shtylman/localtunnel.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "request": "2.11.4",
-    "book": "1.2.0",
+    "optimist": "0.3.4",
-    "optimist": "0.3.4"
+    "after": "0.8.1"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "1.6.0"
-  },
-  "optionalDependencies": {},
-  "engines": {
-    "node": "*"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha --ui qunit -- test",
-    "start": "./bin/server"
   },
+  "devDependencies": {},
   "bin": {
     "lt": "./bin/client"
   },
-  "main": "./index.js"
+  "main": "./client.js"
 }

server.js

@@ -1,390 +0,0 @@
-
-// builtin
-var http = require('http');
-var net = require('net');
-var url = require('url');
-
-// here be dragons
-var HTTPParser = process.binding('http_parser').HTTPParser;
-var ServerResponse = http.ServerResponse;
-var IncomingMessage = http.IncomingMessage;
-
-// vendor
-var log = require('book');
-
-// local
-var rand_id = require('./lib/rand_id');
-
-var server = http.createServer();
-
-// id -> client http server
-var clients = {};
-
-// available parsers
-var parsers = http.parsers;
-
-// data going back to a client (the last client that made a request)
-function socketOnData(d, start, end) {
-
-    var socket = this;
-    var req = this._httpMessage;
-
-    var response_socket = socket.respond_socket;
-    if (!response_socket) {
-        log.error('no response socket assigned for http response from backend');
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // pass the response from our client back to the requesting socket
-    response_socket.write(d.slice(start, end));
-
-    if (socket.for_websocket) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // invoke parsing so we know when the response is complete
-    var parser = response_socket.out_parser;
-    parser.socket = socket;
-
-    var ret = parser.execute(d, start, end - start);
-    if (ret instanceof Error) {
-        log.error(ret);
-        freeParser(parser, req);
-        socket.destroy(ret);
-    }
-}
-
-function freeParser(parser, req) {
-    if (parser) {
-        parser._headers = [];
-        parser.onIncoming = null;
-        if (parser.socket) {
-            parser.socket.onend = null;
-            parser.socket.ondata = null;
-            parser.socket.parser = null;
-        }
-        parser.socket = null;
-        parser.incoming = null;
-        parsers.free(parser);
-        parser = null;
-    }
-    if (req) {
-        req.parser = null;
-    }
-}
-
-// single http connection
-// gets a single http response back
-server.on('connection', function(socket) {
-
-    var self = this;
-
-    // parser handles incoming requests for the socket
-    // the request is what lets us know if we proxy or not
-    var parser = parsers.alloc();
-    parser.socket = socket;
-    parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.REQUEST);
-
-    function our_request(req) {
-        var res = new ServerResponse(req);
-        res.assignSocket(socket);
-        self.emit('request', req, res);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // a full request is complete
-    // we wait for the response from the server
-    parser.onIncoming = function(req, shouldKeepAlive) {
-
-        log.trace('request', req.url);
-
-        // default is that the data is not for the client
-        delete parser.sock;
-        delete parser.buffer;
-        delete parser.client;
-
-        var hostname = req.headers.host;
-        if (!hostname) {
-            log.trace('no hostname: %j', req.headers);
-            return our_request(req);
-        }
-
-        var match = hostname.match(/^([a-z]{4})[.].*/);
-        if (!match) {
-            return our_request(req);
-        }
-
-        var client_id = match[1];
-        var client = clients[client_id];
-
-        // requesting a subdomain that doesn't exist
-        if (!client) {
-            return socket.end();
-        }
-
-        parser.client = client;
-
-        // assigned socket for the client
-        var sock = client.sockets.shift();
-
-        // no free sockets, queue
-        if (!sock) {
-            parser.buffer = true;
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // for tcp proxying
-        parser.sock = sock;
-
-        // set who we will respond back to
-        sock.respond_socket = socket;
-
-        var out_parser = parsers.alloc();
-        out_parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.RESPONSE);
-        socket.out_parser = out_parser;
-
-        // we have completed a response
-        // the tcp socket is free again
-        out_parser.onIncoming = function (res) {
-            res.on('end', function() {
-                log.trace('done with response for: %s', req.url);
-
-                // done with the parser
-                parsers.free(out_parser);
-
-                // unset the response
-                delete sock.respond_socket;
-
-                var next = client.waiting.shift();
-                if (!next) {
-                    // return socket to available
-                    client.sockets.push(sock);
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                // reuse avail socket for next connection
-                sock.respond_socket = next;
-
-                // needed to know when this response will be done
-                out_parser.reinitialize(HTTPParser.RESPONSE);
-                next.out_parser = out_parser;
-
-                // write original bytes we held cause we were busy
-                sock.write(next.queue);
-
-                // continue with other bytes
-                next.resume();
-
-                return;
-            });
-        };
-    };
-
-    // process new data on the client socket
-    // we may need to forward this it the backend
-    socket.ondata = function(d, start, end) {
-
-        // run through request parser to determine if we should pass to tcp
-        // onIncoming will be run before this returns
-        var ret = parser.execute(d, start, end - start);
-
-        // invalid request from the user
-        if (ret instanceof Error) {
-            log.error(ret);
-            socket.destroy(ret);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // websocket stuff
-        if (parser.incoming && parser.incoming.upgrade) {
-            log.trace('upgrade request');
-
-            parser.finish();
-
-            var hostname = parser.incoming.headers.host;
-
-            var match = hostname.match(/^([a-z]{4})[.].*/);
-            if (!match) {
-                return our_request(req);
-            }
-
-            var client_id = match[1];
-            var client = clients[client_id];
-
-            var sock = client.sockets.shift();
-            sock.respond_socket = socket;
-            sock.for_websocket = true;
-
-            socket.ondata = function(d, start, end) {
-                sock.write(d.slice(start, end));
-            };
-
-            socket.end = function() {
-                log.trace('websocket end');
-
-                delete sock.respond_socket;
-                client.sockets.push(sock);
-            }
-
-            sock.write(d.slice(start, end));
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // if no available socket, buffer the request for later
-        if (parser.buffer) {
-
-            // pause any further data on this socket
-            socket.pause();
-
-            // copy the current data since we have already received it
-            var copy = Buffer(end - start);
-            d.copy(copy, 0, start, end);
-            socket.queue = copy;
-
-            // add socket to queue
-            parser.client.waiting.push(socket);
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (!parser.sock) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // assert, respond socket should be set
-
-        // send through tcp tunnel
-        // responses will go back to the respond_socket
-        parser.sock.write(d.slice(start, end));
-    };
-
-    socket.onend = function() {
-        var ret = parser.finish();
-
-        if (ret instanceof Error) {
-            log.error(ret);
-            socket.destroy(ret);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        socket.end();
-    };
-
-    socket.on('close', function() {
-        parsers.free(parser);
-    });
-});
-
-server.on('request', function(req, res) {
-
-    // ignore favicon
-    if (req.url === '/favicon.ico') {
-        res.writeHead(404);
-        return res.end();
-    }
-
-    var parsed = url.parse(req.url, true);
-
-    // redirect main page to github reference
-    if (req.url === '/' && !parsed.query.new) {
-        res.writeHead(301, { Location: 'http://shtylman.github.com/localtunnel/' });
-        res.end();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // at this point, the client is requesting a new tunnel setup
-    // either generate an id or use the one they requested
-
-    var match = req.url.match(/\/([a-z]{4})?/);
-
-    // user can request a particular set of characters
-    // will be given if not already taken
-    // this is useful when the main server is restarted
-    // users can keep testing with their expected ids
-    var requested_id;
-    if (match && match[1]) {
-        requested_id = match[1];
-    }
-
-    var id = requested_id || rand_id();
-
-    // maximum number of tcp connections the client can setup
-    // each tcp channel allows for more parallel requests
-    var max_tcp_sockets = 4;
-
-    // sockets is a list of available sockets for the connection
-    // waiting is?
-    var client = clients[id] = {
-        sockets: [],
-        waiting: []
-    };
-
-    var client_server = net.createServer();
-    client_server.listen(function() {
-        var port = client_server.address().port;
-        log.info('tcp server listening on port: %d', port);
-
-        var url = 'http://' + id + '.' + req.headers.host;
-
-        res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
-        res.end(JSON.stringify({
-            url: url,
-            id: id,
-            port: port,
-            max_conn_count: max_tcp_sockets
-        }));
-    });
-
-    // user has 5 seconds to connect before their slot is given up
-    var conn_timeout = setTimeout(function() {
-        client_server.close();
-    }, 5000);
-
-    // no longer accepting connections for this id
-    client_server.on('close', function() {
-        delete clients[id];
-    });
-
-    var count = 0;
-    client_server.on('connection', function(socket) {
-
-        // no more socket connections allowed
-        if (count++ >= max_tcp_sockets) {
-            return socket.end();
-        }
-
-        log.trace('new connection for id: %s', id);
-
-        // multiplexes socket data out to clients
-        socket.ondata = socketOnData;
-
-        // no need to close the client server
-        clearTimeout(conn_timeout);
-
-        // add socket to pool for this id
-        var idx = client.sockets.push(socket) - 1;
-
-        socket.on('close', function(had_error) {
-            count--;
-            client.sockets.splice(idx, 1);
-
-            // no more sockets for this ident
-            if (client.sockets.length === 0) {
-                delete clients[id];
-            }
-        });
-
-        // close will be emitted after this
-        socket.on('error', function(err) {
-            log.error(err);
-        });
-    });
-
-    client_server.on('error', function(err) {
-        log.error(err);
-    });
-});
-
-module.exports = server;
-

test.js

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-var http = require('http');
-var url = require('url');
-var assert = require('assert');
-
-var localtunnel_server = require('./').server;
-var localtunnel_client = require('./').client;
-
-test('setup localtunnel server', function(done) {
-    localtunnel_server.listen(3000, function() {
-        console.log('lt server on:', 3000);
-        done();
-    });
-});
-
-test('setup local http server', function(done) {
-    var server = http.createServer();
-    server.on('request', function(req, res) {
-        res.write('foo');
-        res.end();
-    });
-    server.listen(function() {
-        var port = server.address().port;
-
-        test._fake_port = port;
-        console.log('local http on:', port);
-        done();
-    });
-});
-
-test('setup localtunnel client', function(done) {
-    var client = localtunnel_client.connect({
-        host: 'http://localhost:' + 3000,
-        port: test._fake_port
-    });
-
-    client.on('url', function(url) {
-        assert.ok(/^http:\/\/.*localhost:3000$/.test(url));
-        test._fake_url = url;
-        done();
-    });
-
-    client.on('error', function(err) {
-        console.error(err);
-    });
-});
-
-test('query localtunnel server w/ ident', function(done) {
-    var uri = test._fake_url;
-    var hostname = url.parse(uri).hostname;
-
-    var opt = {
-        host: 'localhost',
-        port: 3000,
-        headers: {
-            host: hostname
-        },
-        path: '/'
-    }
-
-    var req = http.request(opt, function(res) {
-        res.setEncoding('utf8');
-        var body = '';
-
-        res.on('data', function(chunk) {
-            body += chunk;
-        });
-
-        res.on('end', function() {
-            assert.equal('foo', body);
-
-            // TODO(shtylman) shutdown client
-            done();
-        });
-    });
-
-    req.end();
-});
-
-test('request specific domain', function(done) {
-    var client = localtunnel_client.connect({
-        host: 'http://localhost:' + 3000,
-        port: test._fake_port,
-        subdomain: 'abcd'
-    });
-
-    client.on('url', function(url) {
-        assert.ok(/^http:\/\/abcd.localhost:3000$/.test(url));
-        done();
-    });
-
-    client.on('error', function(err) {
-        console.error(err);
-    });
-});
-