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# proxy-from-env | |
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`proxy-from-env` is a Node.js package that exports a function (`getProxyForUrl`) | |
that takes an input URL (a string or | |
[`url.parse`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/url.html#url_url_parsing)'s | |
return value) and returns the desired proxy URL (also a string) based on | |
standard proxy environment variables. If no proxy is set, an empty string is | |
returned. | |
It is your responsibility to actually proxy the request using the given URL. | |
Installation: | |
```sh | |
npm install proxy-from-env | |
``` | |
## Example | |
This example shows how the data for a URL can be fetched via the | |
[`http` module](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html), in a proxy-aware way. | |
```javascript | |
var http = require('http'); | |
var parseUrl = require('url').parse; | |
var getProxyForUrl = require('proxy-from-env').getProxyForUrl; | |
var some_url = 'http://example.com/something'; | |
// // Example, if there is a proxy server at 10.0.0.1:1234, then setting the | |
// // http_proxy environment variable causes the request to go through a proxy. | |
// process.env.http_proxy = 'http://10.0.0.1:1234'; | |
// | |
// // But if the host to be proxied is listed in NO_PROXY, then the request is | |
// // not proxied (but a direct request is made). | |
// process.env.no_proxy = 'example.com'; | |
var proxy_url = getProxyForUrl(some_url); // <-- Our magic. | |
if (proxy_url) { | |
// Should be proxied through proxy_url. | |
var parsed_some_url = parseUrl(some_url); | |
var parsed_proxy_url = parseUrl(proxy_url); | |
// A HTTP proxy is quite simple. It is similar to a normal request, except the | |
// path is an absolute URL, and the proxied URL's host is put in the header | |
// instead of the server's actual host. | |
httpOptions = { | |
protocol: parsed_proxy_url.protocol, | |
hostname: parsed_proxy_url.hostname, | |
port: parsed_proxy_url.port, | |
path: parsed_some_url.href, | |
headers: { | |
Host: parsed_some_url.host, // = host name + optional port. | |
}, | |
}; | |
} else { | |
// Direct request. | |
httpOptions = some_url; | |
} | |
http.get(httpOptions, function(res) { | |
var responses = []; | |
res.on('data', function(chunk) { responses.push(chunk); }); | |
res.on('end', function() { console.log(responses.join('')); }); | |
}); | |
``` | |
## Environment variables | |
The environment variables can be specified in lowercase or uppercase, with the | |
lowercase name having precedence over the uppercase variant. A variable that is | |
not set has the same meaning as a variable that is set but has no value. | |
### NO\_PROXY | |
`NO_PROXY` is a list of host names (optionally with a port). If the input URL | |
matches any of the entries in `NO_PROXY`, then the input URL should be fetched | |
by a direct request (i.e. without a proxy). | |
Matching follows the following rules: | |
- `NO_PROXY=*` disables all proxies. | |
- Space and commas may be used to separate the entries in the `NO_PROXY` list. | |
- If `NO_PROXY` does not contain any entries, then proxies are never disabled. | |
- If a port is added after the host name, then the ports must match. If the URL | |
does not have an explicit port name, the protocol's default port is used. | |
- Generally, the proxy is only disabled if the host name is an exact match for | |
an entry in the `NO_PROXY` list. The only exceptions are entries that start | |
with a dot or with a wildcard; then the proxy is disabled if the host name | |
ends with the entry. | |
See `test.js` for examples of what should match and what does not. | |
### \*\_PROXY | |
The environment variable used for the proxy depends on the protocol of the URL. | |
For example, `https://example.com` uses the "https" protocol, and therefore the | |
proxy to be used is `HTTPS_PROXY` (_NOT_ `HTTP_PROXY`, which is _only_ used for | |
http:-URLs). | |
The library is not limited to http(s), other schemes such as | |
`FTP_PROXY` (ftp:), | |
`WSS_PROXY` (wss:), | |
`WS_PROXY` (ws:) | |
are also supported. | |
If present, `ALL_PROXY` is used as fallback if there is no other match. | |
## External resources | |
The exact way of parsing the environment variables is not codified in any | |
standard. This library is designed to be compatible with formats as expected by | |
existing software. | |
The following resources were used to determine the desired behavior: | |
- cURL: | |
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#ENVIRONMENT | |
https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/4af40b3646d3b09f68e419f7ca866ff395d1f897/lib/url.c#L4446-L4514 | |
https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/4af40b3646d3b09f68e419f7ca866ff395d1f897/lib/url.c#L4608-L4638 | |
- wget: | |
https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html#Proxies | |
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/tree/src/init.c?id=636a5f9a1c508aa39e35a3a8e9e54520a284d93d#n383 | |
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/tree/src/retr.c?id=93c1517c4071c4288ba5a4b038e7634e4c6b5482#n1278 | |
- W3: | |
https://www.w3.org/Daemon/User/Proxies/ProxyClients.html | |
- Python's urllib: | |
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/936135bb97fe04223aa30ca6e98eac8f3ed6b349/Lib/urllib/request.py#L755-L782 | |
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/936135bb97fe04223aa30ca6e98eac8f3ed6b349/Lib/urllib/request.py#L2444-L2479 | |