Sometimes in development environment you need to reduce network bandwidth. The simplest way is setup HTTP proxy server and use it as default proxy in OS.
Install proxy server as npm package
npm install -g throttle-proxy
To start proxy server with default configuration use
throttle-proxy
Proxy server can be used as regular Node.js module
var proxy = require('throttle-proxy');
proxy(speed).listen(port);
The --port (or -p alias) option will change from the default port:
throttle-proxy --port 8080
The default incoming speed throttle is 100000 bytes per second. You can change this using the --speed (or -s alias) option:
throttle-proxy --speed 50000
Outgoing data is not limited by default. When testing outgoing traffic such as file uploads, the throttling outgoing data stream limited using the --outgoing option (again in bytes per second):
throttle-proxy --outgoing 50000
Artificial delay (in ms) can be added to all responses with the --delay option:
throttle-proxy --delay 2000
Specifying a URL matching string using the --match option allows you to simulate latency only for specific assets, for example:
throttle-proxy --match */app.js
Or only specific assets can be excluded from throttling using the --skip option:
throttle-proxy --skip *.css
For --match and --skip the characters * and ? have special meaning in matching pattern.
* = matches up with any combination of characters.
? = matches up with any single character
- port: 3128
- incoming speed: 100000
- outgoing speed: unlimited
- throttle all requests
- no delay