Node reverse proxy HTTP to HTTPS redirects

I have a simple reverse proxy with node-http-proxy that I want to use to just forward REST requests from my front-end.

It works fine as long as the target is http, but when the target is https node crashes! (My server is not https)

let express = require('express');
let app = express();
let httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
let cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
let apiProxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer();

app.use(cookieParser());

app.all("/*", function(req, res) {
  let server = 'https://www.example.com'; // forward requests to this address

  apiProxy.web(req, res, {target: server});
});

app.listen(3000, function() {
  console.log('Proxy running on port 3000');
});

Error: Hostname/IP doesn't match certificate's altnames: "Host: localhost. is not in the cert's altnames: DNS:*.example.com, DNS:example.com"

Can I get http to https requests to work with node-http-proxy in this way without changing any CORS parameters on the target server?

via mottosson