Making urllib2 work with proxy urls

[JanC]

simoninusa2001 at yahoo.co.uk (simo) schreef:

> The pac file is usually just a script with the config data for
> browsers, it will return something like "PROXY
> http-proxy.mydomain.com:80"
> 
> I very much doubt urllib2 can actually proces the .pac file.
> 
> You should be able to open that file and figure out what you need to
> set the proxy variable to in urllib2 (or your ENVironment).

A PAC file is a script that defines a JavaScript function:

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
    // based on url & host:
    // return "DIRECT" to use no proxy, or something like
    // return "PROXY proxy.example.com:8080" to use that proxy
}

This function can get quite complex, so to use it automaticly, you might 
need a JavaScript engine...

-- 
JanC

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