Dimitrios Apostolou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Rob Wolfe wrote: > >> Dimitrios Apostolou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I've been looking for a way to explicitly disable the use of proxies with >>> urllib2, no matter what the environment dictates. Unfortunately I can't find >>> a way in the documentation, and reading the source leads me to believe that >>> something like the following does the job: >>> >>> req.set_proxy(None,None) >>> >>> Where req is a urllib2.Request instance. So is there an official way of >>> doing >>> this? Perhaps it should be added in the documentation? >> >> I believe that the recommended way is to use `urllib2.ProxyHandler`. >> Take a look at: >> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml > > Thanks for the pointer, I will use that way. However it seems rather > non-elegant way to do something so simple and I was hoping not to mess > with ProxyHandler, especially since I want *no* proxy... IMHO > something like the following would be more elegant: > > req.set_proxy('','http') > > or > > req.set_proxy(None,'http') > > > However these ways *don't* work. You think I should file a feature > request somewhere or send this to the python-dev list?
Actually, I like this idea of handlers and openers and find it simple and _elegant_, so I can't second that request. Besides disabling proxies despite environmental settings is a special case, so imho using `instal_opener` is justified. Regards, Rob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
