How to connect a Socket server via HTTP proxy

Question

I have a piece of code to connect to a Socket server, and it works fine.

Socket socket = new Socket();
socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(address, port));
         


        

Answer 1

Looks like you're requesting a SOCKS proxy, which is different from an HTTP proxy. Perhaps try Proxy.Type.HTTP.

Question: is your client HTTP based? I'm not sure this will work unless your client speaks HTTP.