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author | Lance Stout <lancestout@gmail.com> | 2011-12-31 12:34:17 -0500 |
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committer | Lance Stout <lancestout@gmail.com> | 2011-12-31 12:34:17 -0500 |
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diff --git a/docs/getting_started/proxy.rst b/docs/getting_started/proxy.rst index 02ad10ae..60d521c5 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started/proxy.rst +++ b/docs/getting_started/proxy.rst @@ -1,2 +1,42 @@ +.. _proxy: + +========================= Enable HTTP Proxy Support ========================= + +.. note:: + + If you have any issues working through this quickstart guide + or the other tutorials here, please either send a message to the + `mailing list <http://groups.google.com/group/sleekxmpp-discussion>`_ + or join the chat room at `sleek@conference.jabber.org + <xmpp:sleek@conference.jabber.org?join>`_. + +In some instances, you may wish to route XMPP traffic through +an HTTP proxy, probably to get around restrictive firewalls. +SleekXMPP provides support for basic HTTP proxying with DIGEST +authentication. + +Enabling proxy support is done in two steps. The first is to instruct SleekXMPP +to use a proxy, and the second is to configure the proxy details: + +.. code-block:: python + + xmpp = ClientXMPP(...) + xmpp.use_proxy = True + xmpp.proxy_config = { + 'host': 'proxy.example.com', + 'port': 5555, + 'username': 'example_user', + 'password': '******' + } + +The ``'username'`` and ``'password'`` fields are optional if the proxy does not +require authentication. + + +The Final Product +----------------- + +.. include:: ../../examples/proxy_echo_client.py + :literal: |