Missing something obvious with python-requests

[Barry Scott]

The shipped python library code does not work.

See http://bugs.python.org/issue7291 for patches.

Barry

On 3 Jan 2013, at 18:53, Ray Cote <rgacote at appropriatesolutions.com> wrote:

> Hello List:
> 
> I seem to be missing something obvious in terms of using proxies with the requests module. 
> I'm using requests 1.4 and Python 2.7. Have tried this on Centos 6 and Windows XP.
> 
> Here's the sample code, right out of the manual:
> 
> import requests
> 
> proxies = {
>    'https': '192.168.24.25:8443',
>    'http': '192.168.24.25:8443', }
> 
> a = requests.get('http://google.com/', proxies=proxies)
> 
> 
> When I look at the proxy log, I see a GET being performed -- when it should be a CONNECT. 
> Does not matter if I try to get http or https google.com. 
> Clearly I'm missing something fundamental here. 
> But after two days of fiddling with the code and tracing through requests I'm still unclear as to why requests is not using the proxy information.
> 
> Any help (or slap on the side of the head) appreciated. 
> Thanks
> --Ray
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