Python Request (urllib2) with proxies.

request_with_proxies.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from urllib2 import Request, URLError, urlopen, build_opener, ProxyHandler, install_opener


def request_with_proxy():

    proxy = ProxyHandler(
        {
            'http': 'localhost:1111',
            'https': 'localhost:1111',
        }
    )

    opener = build_opener(proxy)

    install_opener(opener)

    my_headers = {
        'User-Agent': 'whatever',
        'Connection': 'close',
    }

    my_url = 'http://www.google.com/'

    try:

        request = Request(
            url=my_url,
            headers=my_headers,
        )

        urlopen(request, timeout=600)

        # do some stuff

    except URLError as e:
        print("Error --> {}".format(e))

request_with_proxy()