Socket Secure (SOCKS for short) is an Internet protocol that routes network packets between a client and server through a Proxy server.
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How to make python Requests work via SOCKS proxy
I'm using the great Requests library in my Python script:
import requests
r = requests.get("http://example.com")
print(r.text)
I would like to use a SOCKS proxy, how can I do that? Requests seems to only support HTTP proxies.
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Using a socks proxy with git for the http transport
How to make git use a socks proxy for HTTP transport?
I succeed in configuring git with GIT_PROXY_COMMAND to use a socks proxy for GIT transport.
Also, I have configured my .curlrc file to defined the socks proxy and I can fetch information directly…
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Python's requests "Missing dependencies for SOCKS support" when using SOCKS5 from Terminal
I'm trying to interact with an API from my Python 2.7 shell using a package that relies on Python's requests. Thing is the remote address is blocked by my network (university library).
So to speak to the API I do the following:
~$ ssh -D 8080…
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How to disable debug messages on sockjs- STOMP
I have the follow situation:
var options = {
protocols_whitelist : [ "websocket", "xhr-streaming", "xdr-streaming", "xhr-polling", "xdr-polling", "iframe-htmlfile", "iframe-eventsource", "iframe-xhr-polling" ],
debug : false
…
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How can I use a SOCKS 4/5 proxy with urllib2?
How can I use a SOCKS 4/5 proxy with urllib2 to download a web page?
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How to run multiple Tor processes at once with different exit IPs?
I am brand new to Tor and I feel like multiple Tors should be considered. The multiple tors I mentioned here are not only multiple instances, but also using different proxy ports for each, like what has been done here…
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Why are HTTP proxies able to support protocols like IRC and FTP?
I understand that a SOCKS proxy only establishes a connection at the TCP level while an HTTP proxy interprets traffic at HTTP level. Thus a SOCKS proxy can work for any kind of protocol while an HTTP Proxy can only handle HTTP traffic. But why does…
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Selenium chrome driver socks proxy configuration
I am having troubles in setting socks proxy for chrome driver
Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
proxy.setProxyType(Proxy.ProxyType.MANUAL);
proxy.setAutodetect(false);
proxy.setSocksProxy(ProxyHelper.PROXY_HOST + ":" +…
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How to use a SOCKS 5 proxy with cURL?
Normal proxies (ex: 72.41.132.22:3128) work well with cURL, however when I use SOCKS 5 proxies with username/pass, It just gives me "[1" on the page.
Is there a way to use SOCKY 5 proxies with cURL ?
$proxy =…
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Use WebClient with socks proxy
Is there any way to use a socks proxy with WebClient? Specifically with the DownloadString method that it provides?
I don't want to use any third party stuff like privoxy, freecap whatever and I can't use commercial libraries like those from…
Para
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How to set nonProxyHosts for a SOCKS proxy?
I want to set the nonProxyHosts list for a SOCKS5 proxy, i.e. the list of hostnames to which a direct connection should be used.
As the oracle docs describe, there are options named http.nonProxyHosts and ftp.nonProxyHosts to set proxy exclusions…
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How to use Socks 5 proxy with Apache HTTP Client 4?
I'm trying to create app that sends HTTP requests via Apache HC 4 via SOCKS5 proxy.
I can not use app-global proxy, because app is multi-threaded (I need different proxy for each HttpClient instance). I've found no examples of SOCKS5 usage with HC4.…
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Python urllib over TOR?
Sample code:
#!/usr/bin/python
import socks
import socket
import urllib2
socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS4, "127.0.0.1", 9050, True)
socket.socket = socks.socksocket
print…
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Use socks5 proxy from host for docker build
To build a certain image I need to create a tunnel and make docker use this tunnel as a socks5 proxy (to use the proxy for DNS too).
So now i've got several problems:
How to make docker use the proxy that is on the host?
How to make docker use the…
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How do I install Socks / SocksIPy on Ubuntu?
I am new to python and would like to install SocksIPy on Ubuntu (running within a VirtualBox vm). The README says to place the socks.py file into my lib/site-packages directory. I do not know where to locate this directory. The Terminal command …
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