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Set a web proxy for New Http Request

tgardner4 — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 22:11:21 GMT

I am trying to access a web API using the New Http Request and route the calls via a web proxy. JMP support tells me that proxy settings are set at the OS level or the Environment Variable leves. But my company does not allow changes to the OS or to the environment variables on our issued laptops. Is anyone aware of a workaround that can force New Http Request to route through a proxy serve that I set for each call?

-Tim

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:28:11 GMT

Do you mean proxy or vpn? They are different things.
If you mean vpn, then there's nothing HTTP Request can do.
If you mean proxy, then for JMP 14 (and 14.2) environment variables (most networks are set up with auto configure options) is your only option.
BTW... internet open would require a proxy, too. That is, this:

Open(
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217",
HTML Table( 7, Column Names( 1 ), Data Starts( 2 ) )
);

shouldn't work either
Thanks,
Bryan.

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

tgardner4 — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:52:20 GMT

Thanks for the reply Brian. My need is for web proxy support, not VPN. The target users here are not allowed to set environment variables. So I solved the issue by piping the https request to curl via JMP's Run Program function and then reading back the results into JMP. Curl supports https over web proxy with the -x option.

It's not urgent, but maybe in a future release if JMP it can support an option akin to -x in curl.

If anyone reading this is interested in the curl-based solution, just post a note here and I am happy to clean-up and share the code.

Tim

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:44:38 GMT

We'll look into it for JMP 15. Do you want to add it as a Wish List item?

Thanks for the feedback.

-Bryan

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:20:46 GMT

This is available in JMP 15.

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

ih — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:55:52 GMT

Hi @bryan_boone, do you know how to use this new option added to JMP 15? I can't seem to find it in the documentation.

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:03:24 GMT

It's in the Internet Options

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

ih — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:07:33 GMT

Aah, I was looking for a way to do this per call. Thank you.

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:16:49 GMT

You can do that, too

It's in the Scripting Index.

However most networks are "auto configured" these days. I there some other context?

-Bryan

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

ih — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:22:13 GMT

I am trying to pass different credentials to a proxy server in different parts of a script, while passing a different credentials entirely to the destination site. I don't see anything in the scripting index or help files related to this, am I missing something?

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:26:40 GMT

OK.

What you are looking for is Proxy User in the Scripting Index.

That should get you what you need.

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

ih — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:30:57 GMT

Yes there it is, not sure I how I missed that one. Thanks!

Re: Set a web proxy for New Http Request

bryan_boone — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:18:36 GMT

Any time.

I even have to go refer to the doc time to time ;)