Set httr proxy configuration

Sets the proxy configuration for use with httr

httr_proxy(proxy, cert_file = NULL)

Arguments

proxy

An object of class "proxy". A proxy object see proxy.

cert_file

An SSL certification file. If NULL bmproxy will use the certificate file bundled with BrowserMob Proxy. For details see https://github.com/lightbody/browsermob-proxy/blob/master/mitm/README.md

Value

Returns a httr config object see config. This config contains the url and port of the proxy together with the appropriate certificate file.

Examples

## Not run: ------------------------------------
#   prxy <- proxy(bmpPort = 9090L, port = 39500L)
#   # create a HAR
#   prxy %>% createHAR(ref = "httr_traffic")
#   rproj <- GET("https://www.r-project.org/", httr_proxy(prxy))
#   httr_har <- prxy %>% getHAR()
#   httr_har[["log"]][["entries"]][[1]]["request"]
#   httr_har[["log"]][["entries"]][[1]]["response"]
#   prxy %>% closeProxy
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