Python Proxy Error With Requests Library

Question

I am trying to access the web via a proxy server in Python. I am using the requests library and I am having an issue with authenticating my proxy as the proxy I am using req

Answer 1

You should remove the embedded username and password from proxyDict, and use the auth parameter instead.

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPProxyAuth

proxyDict = { 
          'http'  : '77.75.105.165', 
          'https' : '77.75.105.165'
        }
auth = HTTPProxyAuth('username', 'mypassword')

r = requests.get("http://www.google.com", proxies=proxyDict, auth=auth)

Answer 2

I've been having a similar problem on Windows and found the only way to get requests to work was to set the proxies as environment variables before I started Python. For you this would be something like this:

set HTTP_PROXY=http://77.75.105.165
set HTTPS_PROXY=https://77.75.105.165

You might also want to check is there's a specific port required, and if so set it after the url. For example, if the port is 8443 then do:

set HTTP_PROXY=http://77.75.105.165:8443
set HTTPS_PROXY=https://77.75.105.165:8443

Answer 3

You can use urllib library for this.

from urllib import request
request.urlopen("your URL", proxies=request.getproxies())