Listen on HTTP and HTTPS for a single express app

To enable your app to listen for both http and https on ports 80 and 443 respectively, do the following

Create an express app:

var express = require('express');var app = express();

The app returned by express() is a JavaScript function. It can be be passed to Node’s HTTP servers as a callback to handle requests. This makes it easy to provide both HTTP and HTTPS versions of your app using the same code base.

You can do so as follows:

var express = require('express');var https = require('https');var http = require('http');var fs = require('fs');var app = express();var options = {  key: fs.readFileSync('/path/to/key.pem'),  cert: fs.readFileSync('/path/to/cert.pem'),  ca: fs.readFileSync('/path/to/ca.pem')};http.createServer(app).listen(80);https.createServer(options, app).listen(443);

For complete detail see the doc

As a possible update to this question, you might want to check out the changes here for express 3. The change document says:

The return value of express() is a JavaScript Function, encapsulating everything that makes an Express app tick. This means you can easily setup HTTP and HTTPS versions of your application by passing it to node's http.createServer() and https.createServer():

In Express 3, express.createServer() is now express()

Here is a complete example for express 3:

var fs = require('fs')    , https = require('https')    , http = require('http')    , express = require('express')    , keys_dir = 'keys/'    , server_options = {        key  : fs.readFileSync(keys_dir + 'privatekey.pem'),        ca   : fs.readFileSync(keys_dir + 'certauthority.pem'),        cert : fs.readFileSync(keys_dir + 'certificate.pem')      }    , app = express();app.configure(function(){  app.use(express.cookieParser());  app.use(express.bodyParser());  app.use(express.methodOverride());  app.use(express.session( { secret: '' } ));  app.use(app.router);});app.configure('development',function(){  app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));  app.use(express.errorHandler({dumpExceptions: true, showStack:true}));  app.set('view options', { pretty: true });});app.get('/', function(req, res){  res.send('Hello World!');});https.createServer(server_options,app).listen(7000);http.createServer(app).listen(8000);

You can share the implementation via something like:

var register = function (app) {    // config middleware    app.configure({    });    // config routes    app.get(...);};var http = express.createServer();register(http);http.listen(80);var https = express.createServer({ key: /* https properties */ });register(https);https.listen(443);