Running express.js server over HTTPS
27 Oct · by Tim Kamanin · 1 min readHTTPS is everywhere and more often than not we need to spin an https server or two. Here's how you can do it for your local express.js dev server:
1. Generate a self-signed certificate
openssl req -nodes -new -x509 -keyout server.key -out server.cert
2. Enable HTTPS in Express
Add something like this to your index.js
var express = require('express')
var fs = require('fs')
var https = require('https')
var app = express()
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('hello world')
})
https.createServer({
key: fs.readFileSync('server.key'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('server.cert')
}, app)
.listen(3000, function () {
console.log('Example app listening on port 3000! Go to https://localhost:3000/')
})
Now run a command node index.js and your server should be available at
address https://localhost:3000.
