Golang HTTP Client using SOCKS5 proxy and DialContext

socks5_proxy.go

// Golang example that creates an http client that leverages a SOCKS5 proxy and a DialContext
func NewClientFromEnv() (*http.Client, error) {
	proxyHost := os.Getenv("PROXY_HOST")

	baseDialer := &net.Dialer{
		Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
	}
	var dialContext DialContext

	if proxyHost != "" {
		dialSocksProxy, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", proxyHost, nil, baseDialer)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating SOCKS5 proxy")
		}
		if contextDialer, ok := dialSocksProxy.(proxy.ContextDialer); ok {
			dialContext = contextDialer.DialContext
		} else {
			return nil, errors.New("Failed type assertion to DialContext")
		}
		logger.Debug("Using SOCKS5 proxy for http client",
			zap.String("host", proxyHost),
		)
	} else {
		dialContext = (baseDialer).DialContext
	}

	httpClient = newClient(dialContext)
	return httpClient, nil
}

func newClient(dialContext DialContext) *http.Client {
	return &http.Client{
		Transport: &http.Transport{
			Proxy:                 http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
			DialContext:           dialContext,
			MaxIdleConns:          10,
			IdleConnTimeout:       60 * time.Second,
			TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
			ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
			MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0) + 1,
		},
	}
}

Ah makes sense, thanks

in this example, to make it clearer, I'd not use os.Getenv("PROXY_HOST") and not http.ProxyFromEnvironment!

How to use it then? I can't see how I can pass my SOCKS5 proxy setting to the code.

Would you give another complete demo code to use it please?

resp, err := http.Get("http://example.com/") 
if err != nil { // handle error } 

defer resp.Body.Close() 
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)

in this example, to make it clearer, I'd not use os.Getenv("PROXY_HOST") and not http.ProxyFromEnvironment!

How to use it then? I can't see how I can pass my SOCKS5 proxy setting to the code.

Would you give another complete demo code to use it please?

resp, err := http.Get("http://example.com/") 
if err != nil { // handle error } 

defer resp.Body.Close() 
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)

client := NewClientFromEnv()
resp, err := client.Get("http://example.com")

client := NewClientFromEnv()
resp, err := client.Get("http://example.com")

Thanks, and where can I find the definition of such NewClientFromEnv() please?

Thanks, and where can I find the definition of such NewClientFromEnv() please?

@suntong, Here it is. It is a part of snippet

Another way to get the dial context:

    dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", proxyUrl, nil, proxy.Direct)
    dialContext := func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
        return dialer.Dial(network, address)
    }

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63661992