Setting proxy with node.js

README.md

Node.js behind a proxy

Write proxy settings

$ npm config set proxy http://localhost:3128
$ npm config set https-proxy http://localhost:3128

This config is great for SquidMan app.

Delete proxy settings

$ npm config delete http-proxy
$ npm config delete https-proxy

Is this also for nodejs application (I read the title) or just for npm to manage package?

note: nodejs itself uses the command line proxy settings.

http_proxy
Specify the value to use as the HTTP proxy for all connections. For example, HTTP_PROXY=“http://proxy.mycompany.com:8080/”.
https_proxy
Specify the value to use as the HTTPS proxy for all connections. For example, HTTPS_PROXY=“https://proxy.mycompany.com:8080/”.
no_proxy
Determine hosts that should bypass the proxy. For example, NO_PROXY=”localhost,.mycompany.com,192.168.0.10:80”

timbophilips ... this is the solution to hours wasted!
Thx for this remark!
Trying to setup rocketchat behind a proxy and the command "n 8.9.4" just errors out with "Error: invalid version 8.9.4"
Was looking in the proxy logs what url it tried to access (since we work with restrictive whitelists) but couldn't see it go anywhere...
This error reporting is useless and belongs to the "How To Make Package Managers Cry" talk presented few weeks ago at FOSDEM
Could have saved me a couple hours of agitation if it only said "can't reach url x"

@ghosty-be: +1: ;)

note: nodejs itself uses the command line proxy settings.

Contrary to what @timbophillips said, Node.js does not use HTTP_PROXY environment variables. See this discussion nodejs/node#8381.

To set a global Node.js proxy use https://github.com/gajus/global-agent.

Why it is npm config set proxy http://localhost:3128 for setting the property, but the unsetting of this property is documented as npm config delete http-proxy ? Is this a typo ?

Does this config even apply to node or just to npm?