How do I make HttpURLConnection use a proxy?
http, java, proxy, windows
Solution
Since java 1.5 you can also pass a java.net.Proxy instance to the `openConnection(proxy)` method:
//Proxy instance, proxy ip = 10.0.0.1 with port 8080
Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress("10.0.0.1", 8080));
conn = new URL(urlString).openConnection(proxy);
If your proxy requires authentication it will give you response 407.
In this case you'll need the following code:
Authenticator authenticator = new Authenticator() {
public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
return (new PasswordAuthentication("user",
"password".toCharArray()));
}
};
Authenticator.setDefault(authenticator);
Problem
If I do this... ``` conn = new URL(urlString).openConnection(); System.out.println("Proxy? " + conn.usingProxy()); ``` it prints ``` Proxy? false ``` The problem is, I am behind a proxy. Where does the JVM get its proxy information from on Windows? How do I set this up? All my other apps seem perfectly happy with my proxy.