From: "nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura)" <nakahiro@...>
Date: 2012-06-13T08:48:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:45608] [ruby-trunk - Feature #6546] Net::HTTP to check for HTTP_PROXY environment setting.


Issue #6546 has been updated by nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura).


@drbrain lib/open-uri.rb has battle-tested proxy configuration logic in it. If we really want to add proxy configuration to net/http, we'd better start from the logic.
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Feature #6546: Net::HTTP to check for HTTP_PROXY environment setting.
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6546#change-27205

Author: dekz (Jacob Evans)
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel)
Category: lib
Target version: 2.0.0


@nahi suggested I request the OS environment HTTP_PROXY be honoured.

Open-uri checks for this environment setting and acts according whereas Net::HTTP does not. Not having Net::HTTP check for this condition sets precedence and stops the implementation of other environment settings (such as JRuby and JVM -Dhttp.proxyHost). 

Having this functionality will greatly enable testing with proxies rather then monkey patching or rewriting to always use HTTP.Proxy.


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