Web Request through Proxy using RestSharp

Question

I\'m trying to make a webrequest through a proxy on Windows phone 7. From what I can see the Compact Framework does not include the configuring of a proxy for the HttpWebReq

Answer 1

For people coming from Google looking how to set a proxy with RestSharp, if you are not on Windows Phone, at least as of version 104.4.0 you can do the following:

var client = new RestClient("http://example.com")
client.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://proxy.example.com")

Don't know whether this would work on Windows Phone since I am not familiar with the framework there; since the title of the question did not contain Windows Phone I thought that many like myself would end up here, just searching about how to setup the proxy with RestSharp.

Answer 2

Under "configuration" section in Web.config add this:

<system.net>
    <defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true"></defaultProxy>
</system.net>

(for more more info - MSDN - defaultProxy Element (Network Settings))

Answer 3

Some example using a method and a class: The call:

            var client = new RestClient(urlbase);
            if(myConfigInstance.ProxyActive) {
                 client.Proxy = GetWebProxy(myConfigInstance);
            }

and the method:

  public static WebProxy GetWebProxy(ProxySettings proxySettings)
    {
        WebProxy proxy;
        try
        {
            proxy = new WebProxy(proxySettings.Server, Int32.Parse(proxySettings.Port))
            {
                Credentials = new NetworkCredential(proxySettings.Username, proxySettings.Password, proxySettings.Domain)
            };
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
          throw new Exception("Error");
        }
        return proxy;
    }

and the class:

public class ProxySettings
{
    public bool ProxyActive { get; set; }
    public string Port { get; set; }
    public string Server { get; set; }
    public string Username { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
    public string Domain { get; set; }
}

Answer 4

This worked for me.

String url = "some url";

IWebProxy proxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy;
proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
RestClient client = new RestClient(url);
{
Proxy = proxy,
};