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mooo
Advanced tools
Mooo is a lightweight HTTP proxy written in Python. You can run it in a server then use it to access the internet.
[!WARNING] By default, mooo porxy all domains, which means it can retrieve the local network. This poses a security risk. It is recommended to specify
--domainor--profileto limit the domain that the proxy server
Install moon with pip install mooo
Start the proxy server
mooo --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080
docker run -p 8080:8080 bebound/mooo --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080
curl http://your_proxy_server:8080/{http_url}
git clone http://your_proxy_server:8080/{github_url}
Mooo provides some pre-defined profiles, you can use it to proxy some popular websites. Currently, it supports github, google and docker.
Use mooo to proxy github.com
mooo --profile github --profile github
Use mooo to proxy multiple profile with same port. You need to use reverse proxy to route the request to mooo with specific domain. Mooo routes the request to different profile based on the domain. For example, access github.custom.domain will route to github.com and docker.custom.domain will route to docker registry.
mooo --profile github docker google --smart-route
| Parameter | Description | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
--host | The listening host | 127.0.0.1 | 0.0.0.0 |
--port | The listening port | 8080 | |
--debug | Show debug logging | False | |
--domain | Once it's set, the request domain must match the wildcard domain list | None | *.github.com |
--cookie | Pass the cookie to the server | False | |
--default-domain | The default domain to proxy | None | https://www.github.com |
--profile | Use pre-defined profile | None | github |
--smart-route | Apply profile rules based on host domain | False |
FAQs
A simple http proxy
We found that mooo 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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