Run Google Page Speed against Websites that are behind Basic Authentication.

This is a nifty way to test environments that are live, but live behind Basic Authentication.

Installation

1. Download ngrok.
2. Install this node application

Configuration

For a user admin with the password admin at http://staging.mywebsite.com`, you would update the following:

1. Edit proxy.js and rename the following placeholders
2. <your website> to http://staging.mywebsite.com
3. <your username> to admin
4. <your password> to admin

Usage

1. $ npm i (server will now be running on localhost:3000)
2. Run ngrok: $ ngrok http localhost:3000 which spins up an ngrox proxy to localhost (which points to your website)
3. Copy the URL in the first "Forwarding" propery below.
4. Paste it in this page - https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Tunnel Status                 online
Update                        update available (version 2.1.18, Ctrl-U to update)
Version                       2.0.25/2.1.18
Region                        United States (us)
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding                    http://xxxxxxxx.ngrok.io -> localhost:3000
Forwarding                    https://xxxxxxxx.ngrok.io -> localhost:3000

Connections                   ttl     opn     rt1     rt5     p50     p90
                              0       0       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00