proxy-agent
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Package description
The proxy-agent npm package is a module that provides an HTTP(s) proxy Agent which can be used to proxy HTTP and HTTPS requests through a specified proxy server. This is useful in scenarios where network requests need to be routed through a proxy for reasons such as security, privacy, or circumventing network restrictions.
Creating an HTTP proxy agent
This feature allows you to create an HTTP proxy agent that will route HTTP requests through the specified proxy server.
const ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
const agent = new ProxyAgent('http://proxy-server.com:8080');
const http = require('http');
const requestOptions = {
host: 'example.com',
port: 80,
path: '/',
agent: agent
};
http.get(requestOptions, (res) => {
console.log(`Got response: ${res.statusCode}`);
});Creating an HTTPS proxy agent
This feature allows you to create an HTTPS proxy agent that will route HTTPS requests through the specified proxy server using TLS/SSL encryption.
const ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
const agent = new ProxyAgent('https://proxy-server.com:443');
const https = require('https');
const requestOptions = {
host: 'example.com',
port: 443,
path: '/',
agent: agent
};
https.get(requestOptions, (res) => {
console.log(`Got response: ${res.statusCode}`);
});Support for different proxy protocols
The proxy-agent package supports various proxy protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC (Proxy Auto-Config).
const ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
const httpAgent = new ProxyAgent('http://proxy-server.com:8080');
const httpsAgent = new ProxyAgent('https://proxy-server.com:443');
const socksAgent = new ProxyAgent('socks://proxy-server.com:1080');
const pacAgent = new ProxyAgent('pac+http://proxy-server.com/proxy.pac');
// Use the appropriate agent for the request protocolThis package provides an HTTP agent to proxy HTTP requests. It is similar to proxy-agent but is limited to HTTP protocol only, whereas proxy-agent supports multiple protocols.
This package provides an HTTPS agent to proxy HTTPS requests. Like http-proxy-agent, it is protocol-specific and does not offer the multi-protocol support that proxy-agent does.
This package is designed to provide an agent that proxies through a SOCKS proxy. It is specifically tailored for SOCKS protocol, unlike proxy-agent which handles SOCKS along with other protocols.
This package provides a proxy agent that can use a PAC file to determine the appropriate proxy for a given URL. It is focused on PAC file support, which is just one of the features available in proxy-agent.
Readme
http.Agent implementations
This module provides a function that returns proxying http.Agent instances to
use based off of a given proxy URI. If no URI is provided, then
proxy-from-env is used to get the URI
from $HTTP_PROXY, $HTTPS_PROXY and $NO_PROXY among others.
An LRU cache is used so that http.Agent instances are transparently re-used for
subsequent HTTP requests to the same proxy server.
The currently implemented protocol mappings are listed in the table below:
| Protocol | Proxy Agent for http requests | Proxy Agent for https requests | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
http | http-proxy-agent | https-proxy-agent | http://proxy-server-over-tcp.com:3128 |
https | http-proxy-agent | https-proxy-agent | https://proxy-server-over-tls.com:3129 |
socks(v5) | socks-proxy-agent | socks-proxy-agent | socks://username:password@some-socks-proxy.com:9050 (username & password are optional) |
socks5 | socks-proxy-agent | socks-proxy-agent | socks5://username:password@some-socks-proxy.com:9050 (username & password are optional) |
socks4 | socks-proxy-agent | socks-proxy-agent | socks4://some-socks-proxy.com:9050 |
pac | pac-proxy-agent | pac-proxy-agent | pac+http://www.example.com/proxy.pac |
Install with npm:
$ npm install proxy-agent
var http = require('http');
var ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
// HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS proxy to use
var proxyUri = process.env.http_proxy || 'http://168.63.43.102:3128';
var opts = {
method: 'GET',
host: 'jsonip.org',
path: '/',
// this is the important part!
// If no proxyUri is specified, then https://www.npmjs.com/package/proxy-from-env
// is used to get the proxyUri.
agent: new ProxyAgent(proxyUri)
};
// the rest works just like any other normal HTTP request
http.get(opts, onresponse);
function onresponse (res) {
console.log(res.statusCode, res.headers);
res.pipe(process.stdout);
}
Returns an http.Agent instance based off of the given proxy opts or URI
string. An LRU cache is used, so the same http.Agent instance will be
returned if identical args are passed in.
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2013 Nathan Rajlich <nathan@tootallnate.net>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
FAQs
Maps proxy protocols to `http.Agent` implementations
We found that proxy-agent demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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