Removing SOCKS 4/5 proxy

Question

This question is sort of the opposite of this:

How can I use a SOCKS 4/5 proxy with urllib2?

Let's say I use a SOCKS 5 proxy using the method accepted in that question. How would I revert it back to no proxy in the same process?

i.e start process use proxy .. remove proxy ...

Maybe there is a better way to use the proxy so that it's easier to remove it later?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '10 at 18:45

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Abra kadabra

import socks,socket,urllib2
socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5, "127.0.0.1", 8080)
temp = socket.socket
socket.socket = socks.socksocket  
print urllib2.urlopen('http://www.google.com').read() // Proxy
socket.socket=temp
print urllib2.urlopen('http://www.google.com').read() // No proxy

answered Sep 05 '10 at 18:45

Robus

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Actually, you should restore socket.socket=temp in a "finally" clause. – DomQ Sep 10 '10 at 10:01
@Robus how to restore socket.socket=temp in a "finally" clause? – GoTop Oct 05 '18 at 06:05

Removing SOCKS 4/5 proxy

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