Perl script to change the proxy settings of Google chrome

ambidexter has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks, Am using this perl script to open a Google Chrome Web Browser in Windows 7. But how to change the proxy settings of Google Chrome from perl script

sub open_default_browser {
  my $url = shift;
  my $platform = $^O;
  my $cmd;
  if ($platform eq 'MSWin32') { $cmd = "start $url";             } # W
+in95..Win7
  if (defined $cmd) {
    system($cmd);
  } else {
    die "Can't locate default browser";
  }
}

open_default_browser("http://www.gmail.com/");
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Re: Perl script to change the proxy settings of Google chrome by dasgar (Priest) on Jun 27, 2013 at 08:12 UTC
I haven't looked into setting web proxy settings for a specific browser, but you might want to check out the netsh command's winhttp context commands to set the proxy setting for the entire Windows OS. This will affect all of your web browsers that you have installed. If that accomplishes what you want as far as proxy settings go, you can then have your Perl code make a system call to run the netsh command.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl script to change the proxy settings of Google chrome by ambidexter (Initiate) on Jun 28, 2013 at 05:13 UTC
Yes dasgar, Currently i have this as a work around (using set proxy). But specifically i need to change only Chrome's proxy settings. However i had a look at the link posted by "rovf" but i didn't get anything that suits my criteria. Anyway i'll pass on this for now.	[reply]
Re: Perl script to change the proxy settings of Google chrome (API) by Anonymous Monk on Jun 27, 2013 at 07:36 UTC
What APIs does "Google chrome" expose/make available for modifying proxy settings? Win32::GuiTest or X11::GUITest can be pita	[reply]
Re^2: Perl script to change the proxy settings of Google chrome (API) by rovf (Priest) on Jun 27, 2013 at 08:07 UTC
Since you are on Win, changing the proxy settings for Chrome ONLY will be difficult: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96815?hl=en Contrary to this official answer by Google, another (inofficial) page does list the possibility of using a command line switch when starting Chrome, so this is something you could try: http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l]