Proxy package:HTTP

HTTP proxies (or not) are represented via Proxy, specifying if a proxy should be used for the request (see setProxy)

Use the proxy given. Should be of the form "http://host:port", "host", "host:port", or "http://host". Additionally, an optional Authority for authentication with the proxy.

Handling proxy server settings and their resolution.

Don't use a proxy.

getCheckForProxy returns the current check-proxy setting. Notice that this may not be equal to True if the session has set it to that via setCheckForProxy and subsequently performed some HTTP protocol interactions. i.e., the flag return represents whether a proxy will be checked for again before any future protocol interactions.

getProxy returns the current proxy settings. If the auto-proxy flag is set to True, getProxy will perform the necessary

setCheckForProxy flg sets the one-time check for proxy flag to flg. If True, the session will try to determine the proxy server is locally configured. See fetchProxy for details of how this done.

setProxy p will disable proxy usage if p is NoProxy. If p is Proxy proxyURL mbAuth, then proxyURL is interpreted as the URL of the proxy to use, possibly authenticating via Authority information in mbAuth.

fetchProxy flg gets the local proxy settings and parse the string into a Proxy value. If you want to be informed of ill-formed proxy configuration strings, supply True for flg. Proxy settings are sourced from the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, and in the case of Windows platforms, by consulting IE/WinInet's proxy setting in the Registry.

parseProxy str translates a proxy server string into a Proxy value; returns Nothing if not well-formed.