How to set proxy in Python for flickr api

[honestguy1999 at gmail.com]

On Oct 12, 2:40 pm, honestguy1... at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, everyone, I am using beej's flickr api in Python. For some reason
> I have to bypass the firewall using a proxy. I read the urllib
> reference and set http_proxy="my proxy". But it didn't work. I can't
> even get authenticated. Is there anyway that we can set the proxy?

I am using v2.5 in windows