Proxy connection with Python

Question

I have been attempting to connect to URLs from python. I have tried: urllib2, urlib3, and requests. It is the same issue that i run up against in all cases. Once I get th

Answer 1

import requests
proxies = {'https':'https://username:password@1.4.1.2:8080'}
r = requests.get('http://www.example.com', proxies = proxies)
print r.status_code, r.reason

A working Solution! Tested on my server

Answer 2

In the requests module, proxy authentication is performed as shown:

import requests
proxies = {'http':'http://x.x.x.x', 'https':'https://x.x.x.x'}
auth = requests.auth.HTTPProxyAuth('username', 'password')
r = requests.get('http://www.example.com', proxies = proxies, auth = auth)
print r.status_code, r.reason

Answer 3

You can use the HTTP_PROXY in python in order to connect to your proxy server. You can find more detailed information on this link provided.

http://www.wkoorts.com/wkblog/2008/10/27/python-proxy-client-connections-requiring-authentication-using-urllib2-proxyhandler/

The above link is showed the example using urllib2. Actually I have used this some time back to connect to two servers simultaneously. Hope this will help you

Answer 4

I have solved my issue by installing CNTLM. Once this is setup and configured I set the HTTP_PROXY etc.