proxy.py/README.md

proxy.py

Lightweight HTTP, HTTPS and WebSockets Proxy Server in Python.

Features

• Distributed as a single file module
• No external dependency other than standard Python library
• Support for http, https and websockets request proxy
• Optimize for large file uploads and downloads
• IPv4 and IPv6 support
• Basic authentication support

Install

To install proxy.py, simply:

$ pip install proxy.py

Usage

$ proxy.py -h
usage: proxy.py [-h] [--hostname HOSTNAME] [--port PORT] [--backlog BACKLOG]
                [--basic-auth BASIC_AUTH]
                [--server-recvbuf-size SERVER_RECVBUF_SIZE]
                [--client-recvbuf-size CLIENT_RECVBUF_SIZE]
                [--log-level LOG_LEVEL]

proxy.py v0.3

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --hostname HOSTNAME   Default: 127.0.0.1
  --port PORT           Default: 8899
  --backlog BACKLOG     Default: 100. Maximum number of pending connections to
                        proxy server
  --basic-auth BASIC_AUTH
                        Default: No authentication. Specify colon separated
                        user:password to enable basic authentication.
  --server-recvbuf-size SERVER_RECVBUF_SIZE
                        Default: 8 KB. Maximum amount of data received from
                        the server in a single recv() operation. Bump this
                        value for faster downloads at the expense of increased
                        RAM.
  --client-recvbuf-size CLIENT_RECVBUF_SIZE
                        Default: 8 KB. Maximum amount of data received from
                        the client in a single recv() operation. Bump this
                        value for faster uploads at the expense of increased
                        RAM.
  --log-level LOG_LEVEL
                        DEBUG, INFO (default), WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL

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