How can I support an HTTP Proxy using Spring 5 WebClient?

Question

I am using Spring 5 WebClient. I want to know if it is possible to configure it to use an HTTP Proxy, or if there is a way of changing it\'s default configuration to do so.

Answer 1

This is something that the underlying client library should support.

When using Reactor Netty, you can do something like:

HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.create()
            .tcpConfiguration(tcpClient ->
                    tcpClient.proxy(proxy -> proxy.type(ProxyProvider.Proxy.HTTP).host("myproxyhost")));
ReactorClientHttpConnector connector = new ReactorClientHttpConnector(httpClient);
WebClient client = WebClient.builder().clientConnector(connector).build();