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https-proxy-agent
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The https-proxy-agent package is a Node.js module that provides an http.Agent implementation that connects to a specified HTTP or HTTPS proxy server, and can be used with the http or https modules to make requests. It is particularly useful for making requests from behind a corporate firewall or when you need to use a proxy for requests for any other reason.
Creating an HTTPS proxy agent
This code sample demonstrates how to create an HTTPS proxy agent using the https-proxy-agent package and use it to make an HTTPS request.
const HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
const https = require('https');
const proxy = 'http://proxy-server:port';
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);
https.get({
hostname: 'encrypted.google.com',
path: '/',
agent: agent
}, (res) => {
console.log(`Got response: ${res.statusCode}`);
// consume response body
res.resume();
}).on('error', (e) => {
console.error(`Got error: ${e.message}`);
});
This package provides an http.Agent implementation for HTTP, similar to https-proxy-agent but for non-encrypted HTTP connections. It is useful when you need to proxy HTTP requests specifically.
The socks-proxy-agent package is similar to https-proxy-agent but is designed to work with SOCKS proxy servers. It provides an http.Agent implementation that connects to a SOCKS proxy server, which can be used for both HTTP and HTTPS requests.
Tunnel-agent is another Node.js module that allows you to tunnel HTTP and HTTPS requests through HTTP proxies. It is similar to https-proxy-agent but offers more customization options for creating tunnels, such as allowing you to specify headers for CONNECT requests.
http.Agent
implementation for HTTPSThis module provides an http.Agent
implementation that connects to a specified
HTTP or HTTPS proxy server, and can be used with the built-in https
module.
Specifically, this Agent
implementation connects to an intermediary "proxy"
server and issues the CONNECT HTTP method, which tells the proxy to
open a direct TCP connection to the destination server.
Since this agent implements the CONNECT HTTP method, it also works with other protocols that use this method when connecting over proxies (i.e. WebSockets). See the "Examples" section below for more.
https
module exampleimport * as https from 'https';
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent('http://168.63.76.32:3128');
https.get('https://example.com', { agent }, (res) => {
console.log('"response" event!', res.headers);
res.pipe(process.stdout);
});
ws
WebSocket connection exampleimport WebSocket from 'ws';
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent('http://168.63.76.32:3128');
const socket = new WebSocket('ws://echo.websocket.org', { agent });
socket.on('open', function () {
console.log('"open" event!');
socket.send('hello world');
});
socket.on('message', function (data, flags) {
console.log('"message" event! %j %j', data, flags);
socket.close();
});
The HttpsProxyAgent
class implements an http.Agent
subclass that connects
to the specified "HTTP(s) proxy server" in order to proxy HTTPS and/or WebSocket
requests. This is achieved by using the HTTP CONNECT
method.
The proxy
argument is the URL for the proxy server.
The options
argument accepts the usual http.Agent
constructor options, and
some additional properties:
headers
- Object containing additional headers to send to the proxy server
in the CONNECT
request.FAQs
An HTTP(s) proxy `http.Agent` implementation for HTTPS
The npm package https-proxy-agent receives a total of 63,655,751 weekly downloads. As such, https-proxy-agent popularity was classified as popular.
We found that https-proxy-agent demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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