Gulp - connect proxy example

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It will avoid CORS problem during development.

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var Proxy = require('gulp-connect-proxy');
...
// A local web server for dev convenience
gulp.task("server", function() {
	connect.server({
	  root: "./dist",
	  port: 22532,
          middleware: function (connect, opt) {
	      opt.route = '/proxy';
	      var proxy = new Proxy(opt);
	      return [proxy];
	  }
	});
});

Example of calling API

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return $http.get(
  'http://localhost:22532/proxy/external.host.com:8080/api/myservice/myid', 
  { params: { metricSelector: "hello2"} }
);

Gulp connect web site

https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-connect-proxy

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