How to use a proxy? about trakt.py

[fuzeman]

It looks like you can just set an environment variable to enable the use of a proxy.

Something like this might work (set the environment variable before any calls to trakt.py):

import os

os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = 'http://...'
# or
os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = 'http://...'

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If this doesn't work, I can just add an extra configuration parameter into trakt.py.

[razzeee]

Can you please have a look if I missed something?
razzeee/script.trakt@3eab97a
https://github.com/Razzeee/script.trakt/issues/181#issuecomment-98806541

[fuzeman]

Looks like the environment variables don't work with requests.Session, try this instead (update to the develop branch of trakt.py):

Trakt.http.proxies = {
    'http': 'http://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>',
    'https': 'http://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>'
}

Note: the proxies dictionary maps specific request schemes to a proxy, set both "http" and "https" to the same proxy url.

[razzeee]

I'm not sure I understand you? Should there be a new commit to the develop branch?

Should this stay like this or do I use the real url? Should both be http or can both also be https?

Trakt.http.proxies = {
    'http': 'http://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>',
    'https': 'http://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>'
}

[fuzeman]

Woops, only pushed the commit to my private git server. fedd568 adds the "proxies" attribute.

You should be able to just replace:

        proxyURL = checkAndConfigureProxy()
        if proxyURL:
            if proxyURL.startswith('http://'):
                os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = proxyURL
            elif proxyURL.startswith('https://'):
                os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = proxyURL

with (untested, make sure the indentation is correct):

        proxyURL = checkAndConfigureProxy()
        if proxyURL:
            Trakt.http.proxies = {
                'http': proxyURL,
                'https': proxyURL
            }

[razzeee]

Working flawless, thank you!