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Prevent urllib.request from using my local proxy - spacedog - Apr-24-2021
Using the code below I can still pull a page from the web. Where you see:
'xxxx'
Should be a valid proxy.
proxy_handler = urllib.request.ProxyHandler({'http': 'xxxx'})
opener = urllib.request.build_opener(proxy_handler)
opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0')]
urllib.request.install_opener(opener)
urllib.request.urlopen(url) and using 'xxxx' I should get an exception on the last line, but it continues to execute and pull the page. The reason for this is found here: https://www.decalage.info/en/python/urllib2noproxy"If no proxy is explicitly specified, urllib2 will use Internet Explorer proxy settings by default."
BUT... even though I "do" explicitly specify a proxy (a known bad proxy) it will still revert to using my proxy and continue executing.
I need to prevent it from using any local proxy and "Only" the proxy I pass in. If it fails I need to know, log it and try another proxy.
Can someone please tell me how to block it from using my local proxy?
Thank you.