Java and proxies

[Alex Almani]

Well, I'm not quite sure if this belongs here but I'll give it a try anyway (as I'm quite new to java).
Basically I want to know if there is a function that will connect to a proxy that I specify.
Thanks.

[John Smith]

A proxy for what?

[Alex Almani]

Eugene, I'm not sure I know what you are asking. I just have the address of a proxy server (with the port number) and I would like to connect to it and from there go on to access some other urls.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Welcome to JavaRanch, Alex!
Perhaps the folks in the Sockets and Internet Protocols forum will have some ideas for you. I'm moving this thread there now...

[Dirk Schreckmann]

You might want to try a quick search on this forum for "proxy" and/or other relevant keywords to see if a past conversation might hold the answer for you.
Note that the search page link is at the top right of this page.
[ January 09, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Vadiraj Deshpande]

Originally posted by Alex Almani:
Eugene, I'm not sure I know what you are asking. I just have the address of a proxy server (with the port number) and I would like to connect to it and from there go on to access some other urls.

Hi,
To access any other URLs on the Internet passing through a proxy, first you need to tell JVM about your proxy settings. You do that by setting system properties like this:

 
System.getProperties().put("proxySet", "true");
System.getProperties().put("proxyHost", "your.proxyservername.com");
System.getProperties().put("proxyPort", "yourproxyport");

HTH,
-Vadiraj

[Alex Almani]

alright, thank you guys very much