Proxy Authentication Required NLTK download

Question

I have installed python 2.7.3 on a Windows 8, 64 bit machine, sublime text and nltk 3.0.1 with the following steps:

• Install Setuptools: http://pypi.python.o

Answer 1

Try this format instead for setting the proxy details:

import nltk
nltk.set_proxy('https://username:password@proxy.example.com:port')

It worked for me.