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socks-proxy-agent
Advanced tools
The socks-proxy-agent package is a SOCKS proxy http.Agent implementation for HTTP and HTTPS. This package allows you to route HTTP and HTTPS requests through a SOCKS proxy server. It is useful for bypassing network restrictions or connecting to servers anonymously.
HTTP/HTTPS request via SOCKS proxy
This code sample demonstrates how to send an HTTP or HTTPS request through a SOCKS proxy using the socks-proxy-agent package. The agent is created with the proxy server information and passed to the HTTP request options.
const SocksProxyAgent = require('socks-proxy-agent');
const agent = new SocksProxyAgent('socks://localhost:1080');
const https = require('https');
https.get('https://example.com', { agent }, (res) => {
console.log(`Got response: ${res.statusCode}`);
// consume response body
res.resume();
}).on('error', (e) => {
console.error(`Got error: ${e.message}`);
});
The http-proxy-agent package provides an http.Agent implementation that connects to a specified HTTP proxy server, and can be used for forwarding HTTP requests. Unlike socks-proxy-agent, it does not support SOCKS proxies, only HTTP.
Similar to http-proxy-agent, https-proxy-agent provides an http.Agent implementation for HTTPS requests that connects to an HTTPS proxy server. It is specifically designed for HTTPS connections and does not support SOCKS proxies.
The proxy-agent package is a more general solution that supports multiple proxy protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC files. It can be used as a drop-in replacement for the standard http.Agent and automatically selects the appropriate agent based on the proxy's protocol. This makes it more versatile than socks-proxy-agent, which is specialized for SOCKS proxies only.
http.Agent
implementation for HTTP and HTTPSThis module provides an http.Agent
implementation that connects to a
specified SOCKS proxy server, and can be used with the built-in http
or https
modules.
It can also be used in conjunction with the ws
module to establish a WebSocket
connection over a SOCKS proxy. See the "Examples" section below.
Install with npm
:
$ npm install socks-proxy-agent
http
module examplevar url = require('url');
var http = require('http');
var SocksProxyAgent = require('socks-proxy-agent');
// SOCKS proxy to connect to
var proxy = process.env.socks_proxy || 'socks://127.0.0.1:9050';
console.log('using proxy server %j', proxy);
// HTTP endpoint for the proxy to connect to
var endpoint = process.argv[2] || 'http://nodejs.org/api/';
console.log('attempting to GET %j', endpoint);
var opts = url.parse(endpoint);
// create an instance of the `SocksProxyAgent` class with the proxy server information
var agent = new SocksProxyAgent(proxy);
opts.agent = agent;
http.get(opts, function (res) {
console.log('"response" event!', res.headers);
res.pipe(process.stdout);
});
https
module examplevar url = require('url');
var https = require('https');
var SocksProxyAgent = require('socks-proxy-agent');
// SOCKS proxy to connect to
var proxy = process.env.socks_proxy || 'socks://127.0.0.1:9050';
console.log('using proxy server %j', proxy);
// HTTP endpoint for the proxy to connect to
var endpoint = process.argv[2] || 'https://encrypted.google.com/';
console.log('attempting to GET %j', endpoint);
var opts = url.parse(endpoint);
// create an instance of the `SocksProxyAgent` class with the proxy server information
// NOTE: the `true` second argument! Means to use TLS encryption on the socket
var agent = new SocksProxyAgent(proxy, true);
opts.agent = agent;
https.get(opts, function (res) {
console.log('"response" event!', res.headers);
res.pipe(process.stdout);
});
ws
WebSocket connection examplevar WebSocket = require('ws');
var SocksProxyAgent = require('socks-proxy-agent');
// SOCKS proxy to connect to
var proxy = process.env.socks_proxy || 'socks://127.0.0.1:9050';
console.log('using proxy server %j', proxy);
// WebSocket endpoint for the proxy to connect to
var endpoint = process.argv[2] || 'ws://echo.websocket.org';
console.log('attempting to connect to WebSocket %j', endpoint);
// create an instance of the `SocksProxyAgent` class with the proxy server information
var agent = new SocksProxyAgent(proxy);
// initiate the WebSocket connection
var socket = new WebSocket(endpoint, { agent: 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 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.
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A SOCKS proxy `http.Agent` implementation for HTTP and HTTPS
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