socat -v TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP:localhost:3000

Category: Web App Development

socat -v TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP:localhost:3000

Proxy port 8080 to localhost:3000 with verbose logs

Forwards every connection on port 8080 to the server on port 3000, with -v printing a readable dump of the data flowing both ways. The fork option handles each new connection separately. This exposes what a client actually sends to your app.
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