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returns a proxy URI. The proxy URI is obtained from environment variables such as http_proxy, ftp_proxy, no_proxy, etc. If there is no proper proxy, nil is returned.
Note that capitalized variables (HTTP_PROXY, FTP_PROXY, NO_PROXY, etc.) are examined too.
But http_proxy and HTTP_PROXY is treated specially under CGI environment. It’s because HTTP_PROXY may be set by Proxy: header. So HTTP_PROXY is not used. http_proxy is not used too if the variable is case insensitive. CGI_HTTP_PROXY can be used instead.
# File open-uri.rb, line 709 def find_proxy name = self.scheme.downcase + '_proxy' proxy_uri = nil if name == 'http_proxy' && ENV.include?('REQUEST_METHOD') # CGI? # HTTP_PROXY conflicts with *_proxy for proxy settings and # HTTP_* for header information in CGI. # So it should be careful to use it. pairs = ENV.reject {|k, v| /\Ahttp_proxy\z/ !~ k } case pairs.length when 0 # no proxy setting anyway. proxy_uri = nil when 1 k, _ = pairs.shift if k == 'http_proxy' && ENV[k.upcase] == nil # http_proxy is safe to use because ENV is case sensitive. proxy_uri = ENV[name] else proxy_uri = nil end else # http_proxy is safe to use because ENV is case sensitive. proxy_uri = ENV.to_hash[name] end if !proxy_uri # Use CGI_HTTP_PROXY. cf. libwww-perl. proxy_uri = ENV["CGI_#{name.upcase}"] end elsif name == 'http_proxy' unless proxy_uri = ENV[name] if proxy_uri = ENV[name.upcase] warn 'The environment variable HTTP_PROXY is discouraged. Use http_proxy.' end end else proxy_uri = ENV[name] || ENV[name.upcase] end if proxy_uri && self.hostname require 'socket' begin addr = IPSocket.getaddress(self.hostname) proxy_uri = nil if /\A127\.|\A::1\z/ =~ addr rescue SocketError end end if proxy_uri proxy_uri = URI.parse(proxy_uri) name = 'no_proxy' if no_proxy = ENV[name] || ENV[name.upcase] no_proxy.scan(/([^:,]*)(?::(\d+))?/) {|host, port| if /(\A|\.)#{Regexp.quote host}\z/ =~ self.host && (!port || self.port == port.to_i) proxy_uri = nil break end } end proxy_uri else nil end end
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