Can't implement grunt-connect-proxy - gruntjs

Question

For the '/' (http://127.0.0.1:9000/) route i get
Cannot GET /
and for the /v1 route i get
Not Found
The requested URL /v1 was not found on this server.
Here's my Gruntfile.js:
// Generated on 2013-10-08 using generator-webapp 0.4.3
'use strict';
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
/*============================================
= Expose Prxy Function =
============================================*/
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
/*----- End of Expose Prxy Function ------*/
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// show elapsed time at the end
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// load all grunt tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
/*======================================
= load the proxy =
======================================*/
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-connect-proxy');
/*----- End of load the proxy ------*/
grunt.initConfig({
// configurable paths
yeoman: {
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist'
},
watch: {
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', 'autoprefixer']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: 35729,
// change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
/*===============================
= Proxies =
===============================*/
proxies: [
{
context: '/v1',
host: 'apples.dev',
port: 80,
https: false,
changeOrigin: true,
xforward: false
}
],
/*----- End of Proxies ------*/
livereload: {
options: {
middleware: function (connect, options) {
return [
proxySnippet,
connect.static('<%= yeoman.app %>'),
connect.static('.tmp'),
];
},
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
],
}
},
// livereload: {
// options: {
// open: true,
// base: [
// '.tmp',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>'
// ]
// }
// },
test: {
options: {
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false,
assetCacheBuster: false
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: true
}
}
},
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// not used since Uglify task does concat,
// but still available if needed
/*concat: {
dist: {}
},*/
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'
},
usemin: {
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
},
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
// This task is pre-configured if you do not wish to use Usemin
// blocks for your CSS. By default, the Usemin block from your
// `index.html` will take care of minification, e.g.
//
// <!-- build:css({.tmp,app}) styles/main.css -->
//
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: '*.html',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// Put files not handled in other tasks here
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp,gif}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*'
]
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
modernizr: {
devFile: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
outputFile: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
files: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/vendor/*'
],
uglify: true
},
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'compass',
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin',
'htmlmin'
]
},
bower: {
options: {
exclude: ['modernizr']
},
all: {
rjsConfig: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/main.js'
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'configureProxies',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'modernizr',
'copy:dist',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
Just to clarify: the apples.dev:80 is a local virtual host on which the '/v1' contains all the rest resources.

Answer 1

Considering the /v1 route, it turned out that it was an Apache virtual-host misconfiguration.
As for the '/' (http://127.0.0.1:9000/) route, instead of this:
middleware: function (connect, options) {
return [
proxySnippet,
connect.static('<%= yeoman.app %>'),
connect.static('.tmp')
];
},
I made it work with this:
middleware: function (connect, options) {
var middlewares = [];
options.base.forEach(function(base) {
// Serve static files.
middlewares.push(connect.static(base));
});
middlewares.push(proxySnippet);
return middlewares;
};
Now.. if anyone could tell me.. what is the figgin difference?!

Answer 2

The difference is the usage of <%= yeoman.app %> inside the middleware javascript function.
Remember that as you are inside function() means that you have move from Grunt world to Javascript world. The <%= %> is a Grunt placeholder and can't be interpolated inside Javascript function.
To get it working on the first example, you will need:
middleware: function (connect, options) {
return [
proxySnippet,
connect.static('app'),
connect.static('.tmp')
];
},
Or you can always use the full function with parsing logic.