Re^3: WWW::Mechanize with https and a proxy

Just an FYI, I've found I definitly need the SSLeay and env variable setting, otherwise it hangs (so I can confirm the above statement). At least I get something back when I include them, even if it is a 400 error. If this script works for others without a proxy, then I can only assume it's something wonky with our proxy, which is a bummer. I'll ping the internal help group again and report back if there's an update.

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Re^4: WWW::Mechanize with https and a proxy by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2009 at 15:22 UTC
OK, I just spent two hours figuring this out. Make sure you are using ssleay (not openssl) Here is the code to properly setup mechanize to use a private proxy: use WWW::Mechanize; my $proxy='proxy.host.net:8080'; my $proxy_user='proxy_username'; my $proxy_pass='proxy_password'; $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://'.$proxy; $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_USERNAME} = $proxy_user; $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_PASSWORD} = $proxy_pass; my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); $mech->agent('Mozilla/5.0'); $mech->proxy('http', 'http://'.$proxy_user.':'.$proxy_pass.'@'.$proxy); $mech->proxy('https', undef); $mech->get('https://www.somehost.com/');	[reply]

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Re^4: WWW::Mechanize with https and a proxy
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2009 at 15:22 UTC

OK, I just spent two hours figuring this out. Make sure you are using ssleay (not openssl)

Here is the code to properly setup mechanize to use a private proxy:

use WWW::Mechanize;
my $proxy='proxy.host.net:8080';
my $proxy_user='proxy_username';
my $proxy_pass='proxy_password';
$ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://'.$proxy;
$ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_USERNAME} = $proxy_user;
$ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_PASSWORD} = $proxy_pass;
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->agent('Mozilla/5.0');
$mech->proxy('http', 'http://'.$proxy_user.':'.$proxy_pass.'@'.$proxy);
$mech->proxy('https', undef);
$mech->get('https://www.somehost.com/');

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