Name: HTTPProxy

Type: property

Syntax: set the HTTPProxy to <host> : <portNumber>

Summary:

Specifies a <proxy server> to be used for <HTTP> requests.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android, html5

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile

Example:

set the HTTPProxy to "127.0.0.0:80"

Value:

The <HTTPProxy> consists of a <host> and <port> number, separated by a

colon. The <host> is the <IP address> of the <proxy server|proxy>

<server>. The <portNumber> is the network <port> to send requests to.

(Generally, <port> 80 is used for <HTTP> requests.).

Description:

Use the <HTTPProxy> <property> to use <HTTP> <server|servers> from

behind a <firewall>.

Normally, when an application requests a web document, the request goes

directly to the HTTP server that hosts the document. If your computer is

behind a network firewall or if the HTTP server is blocked in some other

way, the request must be sent to a proxy server, which fetches the

document from the host and then pass it back to your system.

If the <HTTPProxy> <property> is empty, requests are sent directly to

the <host> <server> and no <proxy server|proxy> is used. This is the

<default> setting. (On Windows systems, if a <proxy server> is set in

the <registry>, that setting is used as the <default>.)

> *Cross-platform note:* This setting will be ignored by the HTML5 engine,

> with platform configured proxy being used instead.

References: accept (command), post (command), property (glossary),

host (glossary), proxy server (glossary), IP address (glossary),

port (glossary), registry (glossary), server (glossary),

firewall (glossary), default (keyword), http (keyword),

ftpProxy (property)

Tags: networking