caching-proxy-cli

A text based forward-proxy server with caching capability.

Pre-requisites

• Bun - installation guide
• Node.js >=20.0
• Redis run in docker

Installation

Using npm

npm i caching-proxy-cli

Click here to view the package in npm page.

Manually

git clone <repo-url> # clone the repo
cd <project-folder> && bun install # install dependencies
chmod +x index.ts # allow execution
bun link # link the package to use from anywhere in your system

Now, you can use the app from anywhere in your computer by typing caching-proxy-cli in your terminal app.

Options

• -V, --version : Output the version number
• -P, --port : Port for proxy server
• -U, --url : URL of the server to which requests are forwarded
• -R, --redis hostname:port : Provide the redis hostname:port
• -C, --clear: Clear cached responses
• -h, --help: Display help for command

Features

• Arguments validation.
• Forward proxy.
• Cache the response.
• Clear the cache store.

Credits

Backend Projects - Roadmap.sh

Contributing

This project is open for contributions!

If you’d like to help improve it, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request - I’ll review it as soon as possible :)

Note

This is a personal project intended for learning and experimentation. Contributions and testing are welcome — but it’s not ready (or meant) for production use.