How can I use proxies for web requests in Flurl?

Question

I have a simple post request using the Flurl client, and I was wondering how to make this request using a proxy using information like the IP, port, username, and password.<

Answer 1

I was looking for a similar answer and found this: https://github.com/tmenier/Flurl/issues/228

Here is a copy of the contents of that link. It worked for me!

You can do this with a custom factory:

using Flurl.Http.Configuration;

public class ProxyHttpClientFactory : DefaultHttpClientFactory {
    private string _address;

    public ProxyHttpClientFactory(string address) {
        _address = address;
    }

    public override HttpMessageHandler CreateMessageHandler() {
        return new HttpClientHandler {
            Proxy = new WebProxy(_address),
            UseProxy = true
        };
    }
} 

To register it globally on startup:

FlurlHttp.Configure(settings => {
    settings.HttpClientFactory = new ProxyHttpClientFactory("http://myproxyserver");
});