The proxy plugin allows one to send HTTP requests through a proxy.
All examples will assume the fictitious 10.10.0.1:51432 address/port pair. Replace the examples with your own.
After enabling the plugin, you can call a #proxy method, which can receive the following options:
:uri: the proxy URI (see examples below):username: proxy user (optional):password: proxy password (optional):no_proxy: list of domains/patterns that bypass the proxy (optional)# Use an HTTP cache proxy to route clear-text HTTP requests:
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "http://10.10.0.1:51432").get("http://dn.pt")
# Use an HTTPS `CONNECT` proxy to tunnel secure HTTP(S) requests.
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "https://10.10.0.1:51432").get("https://google.pt")
# Use a SOCKS proxy
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "socks4://10.10.0.1:51432").get("https://google.pt")
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "socks4a://10.10.0.1:51432").get("https://google.pt")
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "socks45://10.10.0.1:51432").get("https://google.pt")
# no proxy
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "http://10.10.0.1:51432", no_proxy: ["dn.pt", /*.google.com/]).get("http://dn.pt")
httpx supports proxy authentication for all the supported HTTP authentication schemes:
# will do basic auth by default
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy(uri: "http://10.10.0.1:51432", username: "user", password: "password").get("http://dn.pt")
# can also explicitly call basic auth
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy_basic_auth(uri: "http://10.10.0.1:51432", username: "user", password: "password").get("http://dn.pt")
# proxy digest auth (since v0.20)
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy_digest_auth(uri: "http://10.10.0.1:51432", username: "user", password: "password").get("http://dn.pt")
# proxy ntlm auth (since v0.20)
HTTPX.plugin(:proxy).with_proxy_ntlm_auth(uri: "http://10.10.0.1:51432", username: "user", password: "password").get("http://dn.pt")
This plugin creates an SSH connection (using the net-ssh-gateway gem) and tunnels all requests from the session through it.
session = HTTPX.plugin(:"proxy/ssh")
.with_proxy(uri: "ssh://10.10.0.1:51432",
username: "root",
password: "root")
response = session.get("https://google.pt")
If the proxy environment variables are defined, HTTPX will load with the plugin turned on by default. It will therefore route or not route the requests through a proxy based on those variables. Their declaration format is the same as the one used in the proxy :uri parameter.
Because of the implicit sharing of known peer IP, HTTP/2 connection coalescing is disabled. HTTP/1.1 pipelining support may also be limited (most proxies don’t support it), so beware of its utilization.
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