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@doctormckay/proxy-agent
Advanced tools
This is a module which simply provides an HTTP(S) Agent
which allows for requests/connections to be made through an
HTTP(S) proxy.
secure
- true
if this agent will be used for secure (HTTPS) requests, or false
if notproxyUrl
- The URL to your proxy, or something falsy to just get false
returned (indicating no agent)proxyTimeout
- The timeout for connecting to the proxy in milliseconds; default 5000
(5 seconds)const ProxyAgent = require('@doctormckay/proxy-agent');
const HTTPS = require('https');
HTTPS.get({
"host": "icanhazip.com",
"port": 443,
"agent": ProxyAgent.getAgent(true, "http://user:pass@1.2.3.4:12345", 10000)
}, (res) => {
if (res.statusCode != 200) {
console.log("HTTP error: " + res.statusCode);
}
res.on('data', (chunk) => {
console.log(chunk.toString('utf8'));
});
}).on('error', (err) => {
console.log(err);
});
FAQs
An HTTP Agent that connects to an HTTP proxy
The npm package @doctormckay/proxy-agent receives a total of 11 weekly downloads. As such, @doctormckay/proxy-agent popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @doctormckay/proxy-agent demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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