Proxy settings for HTTP request using libcurl
I am fairly new to HTTP Protocols involving proxies and authentication. I am working on an application that runs on Windows and uses the host network to send/receive HTTP/S requests. It also uses Libcurl to help the transfer.
However, I have a few issues when I have to use a proxy. Since I am on a network, I have a proxy defined for certain URLs with a PAC file. Since Libcurl does not have Javascript support, I use PACParser to parse the PAC file and determine the proxy.
When I use the proxy I get 407 authentication required. I am not sure how to overcome proxy authentication. I tried various available settings with CURL like BASIC / DIGEST / NTLM. None of them seems to work. But if I hardcode the username and password in the request I see the request go through.
How can I avoid hardcoding the username/password and stil ensure that proxy usage will work?
windows proxy http win32
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
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I am fairly new to HTTP Protocols involving proxies and authentication. I am working on an application that runs on Windows and uses the host network to send/receive HTTP/S requests. It also uses Libcurl to help the transfer.
However, I have a few issues when I have to use a proxy. Since I am on a network, I have a proxy defined for certain URLs with a PAC file. Since Libcurl does not have Javascript support, I use PACParser to parse the PAC file and determine the proxy.
When I use the proxy I get 407 authentication required. I am not sure how to overcome proxy authentication. I tried various available settings with CURL like BASIC / DIGEST / NTLM. None of them seems to work. But if I hardcode the username and password in the request I see the request go through.
How can I avoid hardcoding the username/password and stil ensure that proxy usage will work?
windows proxy http win32
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
add a comment |
I am fairly new to HTTP Protocols involving proxies and authentication. I am working on an application that runs on Windows and uses the host network to send/receive HTTP/S requests. It also uses Libcurl to help the transfer.
However, I have a few issues when I have to use a proxy. Since I am on a network, I have a proxy defined for certain URLs with a PAC file. Since Libcurl does not have Javascript support, I use PACParser to parse the PAC file and determine the proxy.
When I use the proxy I get 407 authentication required. I am not sure how to overcome proxy authentication. I tried various available settings with CURL like BASIC / DIGEST / NTLM. None of them seems to work. But if I hardcode the username and password in the request I see the request go through.
How can I avoid hardcoding the username/password and stil ensure that proxy usage will work?
windows proxy http win32
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
I am fairly new to HTTP Protocols involving proxies and authentication. I am working on an application that runs on Windows and uses the host network to send/receive HTTP/S requests. It also uses Libcurl to help the transfer.
However, I have a few issues when I have to use a proxy. Since I am on a network, I have a proxy defined for certain URLs with a PAC file. Since Libcurl does not have Javascript support, I use PACParser to parse the PAC file and determine the proxy.
When I use the proxy I get 407 authentication required. I am not sure how to overcome proxy authentication. I tried various available settings with CURL like BASIC / DIGEST / NTLM. None of them seems to work. But if I hardcode the username and password in the request I see the request go through.
How can I avoid hardcoding the username/password and stil ensure that proxy usage will work?
windows proxy http win32
windows proxy http win32
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
edited May 16 '13 at 12:43
Jonathan Garber
623518
623518
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
asked May 16 '13 at 12:09
linux developerlinux developer
10114
10114
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See libcurl-tutorial (3), section Environment Variables:
libcurl automatically checks and uses a set of environment
variables to know what proxies to use for certain
protocols. The names of the variables are following an
ancient de facto standard and are built up
as "[protocol]_proxy" (note the lower casing). Which makes
the variable 'http_proxy' checked for a name of a proxy to
use when the input URL is HTTP. Following the same rule, the
variable named 'ftp_proxy' is checked for FTP URLs. Again,
the proxies are always HTTP proxies, the different names of
the variables simply allows different HTTP proxies to be
used.
The proxy environment variable contents should be in the
format "[protocol://][user:password@]machine[:port]".
So you have to enter the proxy in the environment variable settings, not the network settings.
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
addinguser:password@does not work?
– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
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See libcurl-tutorial (3), section Environment Variables:
libcurl automatically checks and uses a set of environment
variables to know what proxies to use for certain
protocols. The names of the variables are following an
ancient de facto standard and are built up
as "[protocol]_proxy" (note the lower casing). Which makes
the variable 'http_proxy' checked for a name of a proxy to
use when the input URL is HTTP. Following the same rule, the
variable named 'ftp_proxy' is checked for FTP URLs. Again,
the proxies are always HTTP proxies, the different names of
the variables simply allows different HTTP proxies to be
used.
The proxy environment variable contents should be in the
format "[protocol://][user:password@]machine[:port]".
So you have to enter the proxy in the environment variable settings, not the network settings.
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
addinguser:password@does not work?
– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
add a comment |
See libcurl-tutorial (3), section Environment Variables:
libcurl automatically checks and uses a set of environment
variables to know what proxies to use for certain
protocols. The names of the variables are following an
ancient de facto standard and are built up
as "[protocol]_proxy" (note the lower casing). Which makes
the variable 'http_proxy' checked for a name of a proxy to
use when the input URL is HTTP. Following the same rule, the
variable named 'ftp_proxy' is checked for FTP URLs. Again,
the proxies are always HTTP proxies, the different names of
the variables simply allows different HTTP proxies to be
used.
The proxy environment variable contents should be in the
format "[protocol://][user:password@]machine[:port]".
So you have to enter the proxy in the environment variable settings, not the network settings.
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
addinguser:password@does not work?
– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
add a comment |
See libcurl-tutorial (3), section Environment Variables:
libcurl automatically checks and uses a set of environment
variables to know what proxies to use for certain
protocols. The names of the variables are following an
ancient de facto standard and are built up
as "[protocol]_proxy" (note the lower casing). Which makes
the variable 'http_proxy' checked for a name of a proxy to
use when the input URL is HTTP. Following the same rule, the
variable named 'ftp_proxy' is checked for FTP URLs. Again,
the proxies are always HTTP proxies, the different names of
the variables simply allows different HTTP proxies to be
used.
The proxy environment variable contents should be in the
format "[protocol://][user:password@]machine[:port]".
So you have to enter the proxy in the environment variable settings, not the network settings.
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
See libcurl-tutorial (3), section Environment Variables:
libcurl automatically checks and uses a set of environment
variables to know what proxies to use for certain
protocols. The names of the variables are following an
ancient de facto standard and are built up
as "[protocol]_proxy" (note the lower casing). Which makes
the variable 'http_proxy' checked for a name of a proxy to
use when the input URL is HTTP. Following the same rule, the
variable named 'ftp_proxy' is checked for FTP URLs. Again,
the proxies are always HTTP proxies, the different names of
the variables simply allows different HTTP proxies to be
used.
The proxy environment variable contents should be in the
format "[protocol://][user:password@]machine[:port]".
So you have to enter the proxy in the environment variable settings, not the network settings.
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
answered May 16 '13 at 12:30
artistoexartistoex
3,01311634
3,01311634
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
addinguser:password@does not work?
– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
add a comment |
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
addinguser:password@does not work?
– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
But i am trying to understand a way to achieve proxy authentication if my proxy mandates one.
– linux developer
May 16 '13 at 16:21
adding
user:password@ does not work?– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
adding
user:password@ does not work?– artistoex
May 17 '13 at 8:29
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
i was assuming Curl can negotiate with the host machine to retrieve the user name and password during transfer. It is something we need to derive the username and password? <b> I tried to explore winhttp "http query option" to get the username and pwd. Is this something a right direction Or there are someother mechanism to fetch the proxy username and password
– linux developer
May 17 '13 at 16:57
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