Programmatically make HTTP requests through proxies with Python

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How do I use Python to make an HTTP request through a proxy?

What do I need to do to the following code?

urllib.urlopen('http://www.google.com')

Andrew Hare · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-21 17:44:42Z

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The urlopen function supports proxies. Try something like this:

urllib.urlopen(your_url, proxies = {"http" : "http://192.168.0.1:80"})

answered May 21, 2009 at 17:44

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Andrew Hare Over a year ago

Well, since those sites are not proxy servers you would require a very different solution. Technically a proxy server is a machine on your network that relays all internet traffic.

adamfisk Over a year ago

@AndrewHare A proxy server doesn't have to be on your local network at all. Can be on your local machine, local network, remote computer, wherever.

Ólafur Waage · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-21 17:45:03Z

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You could look at PycURL. I use cURL a lot in PHP and i love it. Though there is probably a neat way to do this currently in Python.

answered May 21, 2009 at 17:45

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