Python & HTTP Proxy

[jutski]

As far as I can tell, XBMC doesn't set the environment
variable 'http_proxy' (os.environ.get('http_proxy')
returns 'None'). This causes Python scripts to not work
behind a proxy.

From http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib.html:
"The urlopen() function works transparently with
proxies which do not require authentication. In a Unix
or Windows environment, set the http_proxy, ftp_proxy
or gopher_proxy environment variables to a URL that
identifies the proxy server before starting the Python
interpreter."

[soepy]

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Confirmed, adding os.environhttp_proxy? = "http://192.168.1.1:80" to the python scripts allows them to use the proxy transparently (urlopen).

XBMC should set that option in the python environment. Please, somebody do this. There really are people behind proxies, and they can't use all the python goodies!

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Patch 1688711 fixes this issue.

[sho]

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