How to set proxy for wget?

Question

I want to download something with wget using a proxy:

HTTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080

The proxy does not need username and pa

Answer 1

export http_proxy=http://proxy_host:proxy_port/
export https_proxy=https://proxy_host:proxy_port/

or

export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port/
export https_proxy=https://username:password@proxy_host:proxy_port/

As all others explained here, these environment variable helps to pass on proxies.

Note: But please not that if the password contains any special character then that needs to be configured as %<hex_value_of_special_char>.

Example: If the password is pass#123, need to be used as pass%23123 in above export commands.

Answer 2

After trying many tutorials to configure my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS behind a authenticated proxy, it worked with these steps:

Edit /etc/wgetrc:

$ sudo nano /etc/wgetrc

Uncomment these lines:

#https_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#ftp_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/
#use_proxy = on

Change http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:18023/ to http://username:password@domain:port/

IMPORTANT: If it still doesn't work, check if your password has special characters, such as #, @, ... If this is the case, escape them (for example, replace passw@rd with passw%40rd).

Answer 3

In Debian Linux wget can be configured to use a proxy both via environment variables and via wgetrc. In both cases the variable names to be used for HTTP and HTTPS connections are

http_proxy=hostname_or_IP:portNumber
https_proxy=hostname_or_IP:portNumber

Note that the file /etc/wgetrc takes precedence over the environment variables, hence if your system has a proxy configured there and you try to use the environment variables, they would seem to have no effect!

Answer 4

In Ubuntu 12.x, I added the following lines in $HOME/.wgetrc

http_proxy = http://uname:passwd@proxy.blah.com:8080

use_proxy = on

Answer 5

In Windows - for Fiddler say - using environment variables:

set http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8888
set https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8888

Answer 6

start wget through socks5 proxy using tsocks:

1. install tsocks: sudo apt install tsocks

2. config tsocks

   # vi /etc/tsocks.conf
   
   server = 127.0.0.1
   server_type = 5
   server_port = 1080
   

3. start: tsocks wget http://url_to_get