Go Http Proxy

This is a squid-like HTTP proxy based on github@smartystreets/cproxy. This git repo is to use the Cproxy library and web app from it as binary artifact can be reused every, as such using any http proxy (Squid, .. so on)

Prerequisites

• docker (v20 or above)
• docker-compose ( v1.29.x or above)

How to use it

Download it check release page https://github.com/abdennour/go-http-proxy/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Install it in Linux

curl -LO https://github.com/abdennour/go-http-proxy/releases/download/v1.0.0/go-http-proxy-linux-amd64 && \
 chmod +x go-http-proxy-* && sudo mv go-http-proxy-* /usr/local/bin/go-http-proxy

Install it in MacOS

curl -LO https://github.com/abdennour/go-http-proxy/releases/download/v1.0.0/go-http-proxy-darwin-amd64 && \
 chmod +x go-http-proxy-* && sudo mv go-http-proxy-* /usr/local/bin/go-http-proxy

Install it in Windows

Download this executable file: https://github.com/abdennour/go-http-proxy/releases/download/v1.0.0/go-http-proxy-windows-amd64.exe

Run it

go-http-proxy
# run it in background by adding "&" at the end of the command

And now the the proxy should be listening on localhost:8080

Run it with custom port

# change default port 8080 to another port (9090)
go-http-proxy --port 9090

Configure your HTTP proxy clients

• Example: Curl behind HTTP proxy -> curl -x localhost:8080 https://something.com

And now the the proxy should be listening on localhost:9090

Contributing

• Run the app go run .
• Validate it curl -x localhost:8080 https://google.com or using env var HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:8080 for other clients

or Run the app with custom port:

- Run the app with custom port `go run . --port=9191` - Validate it `curl -x localhost:9191 https://google.com` or using env var `HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:9191` for other clients

or Run it inside container:

- up it `docker-compose up -d` - then validate `curl -x $(docker-compose port app 8080) https://google.com` - clean up it `docker-compose down`

License

MIT