how to use make HTTP request behind a proxy server

[Jack Zhou]

I was looking for a class like Url and HttpsURLConnection to make a HTTP request via proxy server. No sucess. Can any body give any clue?

[tommy k. lee]

In order to work with a proxy, your Java application needs to specify information about the proxy itself as well as specify user information for authentication purposes.

System.getProperties().put( "proxySet", "true" );
System.getProperties().put( "proxyHost", "proxyHost" );
System.getProperties().put( "proxyPort", "85" );

Some proxies require a user to type in a username and password before Internet access is granted. Here's how to perform the authentication:

URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
String password = "username assword";
String encodedPassword = base64Encode( password );
connection.setRequestProperty( "Proxy-Authorization", encodedPassword );

[Rajesh Kamisetty]

I tried this (proxy authentication with URLConnection). But didn't work. Do we have to give the Domain name along with the user name like( CORP\USER )? I don't know what to do?