Barry A. Warsaw <ba...@python.org> added the comment: This may end up being just a documentation issue. If the environment has http_proxy set, you do get a ProxyHandler automatically.
>>> import os >>> os.environ['http_proxy'] = 'localhost' >>> from urllib2 import build_opener >>> build_opener().handlers [<urllib2.ProxyHandler instance at 0x7fb664ec6e18>, <urllib2.UnknownHandler instance at 0x7fb664eca050>, <urllib2.HTTPHandler instance at 0x7fb664eca710>, <urllib2.HTTPDefaultErrorHandler instance at 0x7fb664ecaa70>, <urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler instance at 0x7fb664ecad88>, <urllib2.FTPHandler instance at 0x7fb664ecae60>, <urllib2.FileHandler instance at 0x7fb664ecaf38>, <urllib2.HTTPSHandler instance at 0x7fb664ece3b0>, <urllib2.HTTPErrorProcessor instance at 0x7fb664ece128>] ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7152> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
