I found following example.
This works for node v0.1.94 - v0.3.1. server.setSecure() is removed in newer versions of node.
Directly from that source:
const crypto = require('crypto'),
fs = require("fs"),
http = require("http");
var privateKey = fs.readFileSync('privatekey.pem').toString();
var certificate = fs.readFileSync('certificate.pem').toString();
var credentials = crypto.createCredentials({key: privateKey, cert: certificate});
var handler = function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
res.end('Hello World\n');
};
var server = http.createServer();
server.setSecure(credentials);
server.addListener("request", handler);
server.listen(8000);
The Express API doc spells this out pretty clearly.
Additionally this answer gives the steps to create a self-signed certificate.
I have added some comments and a snippet from the Node.js HTTPS documentation:
var express = require('express');
var https = require('https');
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
// This line is from the Node.js HTTPS documentation.
var options = {
key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'),
cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-cert.cert')
};
// Create a service (the app object is just a callback).
var app = express();
// Create an HTTP service.
http.createServer(app).listen(80);
// Create an HTTPS service identical to the HTTP service.
https.createServer(options, app).listen(443);