http proxy environment variables are set incorrectly [Fixed 2.6 b372]

[David Jack Wange Olrik]

Hi,

 

A lot of workflows are not working when being used behind a proxy.

 

After some debugging it seems that you are just passing the proxy value from the system preferences, alas this will not work with a lot of languages and programs as the correct format for the http_proxy and https_proxy environment variables includes the protocol like so:

http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy:port
https_proxy=http://username:password@proxy:port

And for the system proxy to work, only an ip or a hostname can be specified.

 

I don't know of any way that you can obtain the correct protocol prefix from the system.

Prefixing with http:// should work in most(but not all) cases as most proxies are run on a non secure port.

 

If you can't find a way to get the prefix from the system, then you have to connect to the proxy and detect it there.

 

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Using v2.5.1 (308)

[Andrew]

After some debugging it seems that you are just passing the proxy value from the system preferences, alas this will not work with a lot of languages and programs as the correct format for the http_proxy and https_proxy environment variables includes the protocol like so:

http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy:port
https_proxy=http://username:password@proxy:port

And for the system proxy to work, only an ip or a hostname can be specified.

 

I don't know of any way that you can obtain the correct protocol prefix from the system.

Prefixing with http:// should work in most(but not all) cases as most proxies are run on a non secure port.

 

Interesting, I wasn't aware of this. As I don't want Alfred to be discovering the proxies, I may add an option along side the proxy option to say prefix http if missing.

[David Jack Wange Olrik]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of this. As I don't want Alfred to be discovering the proxies, I may add an option along side the proxy option to say prefix http if missing.

 

Alfred wouldn't be discovering the proxy, just checking to see if it's http or https - but your proposed solution would work for me =)

[Andrew]

Alfred wouldn't be discovering the proxy, just checking to see if it's http or https - but your proposed solution would work for me =)

 

for now, have you prefixed http:// to OS X's setup for the proxies? this will likely be passed through and Alfred will work

[David Jack Wange Olrik]

for now, have you prefixed http:// to OS X's setup for the proxies? this will likely be passed through and Alfred will work

 

I tried that, and it works for Alfred - but it breaks Safari and other "normal" applications that use http/https.

[Andrew]

I tried that, and it works for Alfred - but it breaks Safari and other "normal" applications that use http/https.

 

Fair enough! I'll get that fixed up for the next release

[David Jack Wange Olrik]

Fair enough! I'll get that fixed up for the next release

 

Excellent! - Maybe add the prefix to Alfreds preference plist for both http and https, so a "power" user can do a "defaults write" to change it from http to https if needed.