proxies {crul}

proxy options

Description

proxy options

Usage

proxy(url, user = NULL, pwd = NULL, auth = "basic")

Arguments

url

(character) URL, with scheme (http/https), domain and port (must be numeric). required.

user

(character) username, optional

pwd

(character) password, optional

auth

(character) authentication type, one of basic (default), digest, digest_ie, gssnegotiate, ntlm, any or NULL. optional

Details

See https://www.hidemyass.com/proxy for a list of proxies you can use

Examples

proxy("http://97.77.104.22:3128")
proxy("97.77.104.22:3128")
proxy("http://97.77.104.22:3128", "foo", "bar")
proxy("http://97.77.104.22:3128", "foo", "bar", auth = "digest")
proxy("http://97.77.104.22:3128", "foo", "bar", auth = "ntlm")

# socks
proxy("socks5://localhost:9050/", auth = NULL)

## Not run: 
# with proxy (look at request/outgoing headers)
# (res <- HttpClient$new(
#   url = "http://www.google.com",
#   proxies = proxy("http://97.77.104.22:3128")
# ))
# res$proxies
# res$get(verbose = TRUE)

# vs. without proxy (look at request/outgoing headers)
# (res2 <- HttpClient$new(url = "http://www.google.com"))
# res2$get(verbose = TRUE)


# Use authentication
# (res <- HttpClient$new(
#   url = "http://google.com",
#   proxies = proxy("http://97.77.104.22:3128", user = "foo", pwd = "bar")
# ))

# another example
# (res <- HttpClient$new(
#   url = "http://ip.tyk.nu/",
#   proxies = proxy("http://200.29.191.149:3128")
# ))
# res$get()$parse("UTF-8")

## End(Not run)