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Proxy

There are three main approaches to using proxy in the client:

  • Adding proxy directly to HttpClient
  • Adding proxy to HttpClientHandler
  • Adding proxy to as a URL in KaggleConfiguration

Adding proxy directly to HttpClient​

We can instantiate a new HttpClient with a custom HttpClientHandler that has our WebProxy:

// Include neccessary dependencies
using KaggleAPI.Web;
using KaggleAPI.Web.Models;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;

var config = new KaggleConfiguration
{
    username = "YourUsername",
    key = "YourKey"
};

HttpClient client = new HttpClient(
    new HttpClientHandler { Proxy = new WebProxy("127.0.0.1:8080") }
);

var api = new KaggleClient();
api.Authenticate(client, config, method: AuthenticationMethod.Direct);

Adding proxy to HttpClientHandler​

We can instantiate a new HttpClientHandler that has our WebProxy:

// Include neccessary dependencies
using KaggleAPI.Web;
using KaggleAPI.Web.Models;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;

var config = new KaggleConfiguration
{
    username = "YourUsername",
    key = "YourKey"
};

HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
    Proxy = new WebProxy("127.0.0.1:8080")
};

var api = new KaggleClient();
api.Authenticate(handler, config, method: AuthenticationMethod.Direct);

Although limited in usage, we can use the proxy property from KaggleConfiguration as the proxy URL for all in/out-bound traffic:

// Include neccessary dependencies
using KaggleAPI.Web;
using KaggleAPI.Web.Models;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;

var config = new KaggleConfiguration
{
    username = "YourUsername",
    key = "YourKey",
    proxy = "127.0.0.1:8080"
};

var api = new KaggleClient();
api.Authenticate(config, method: AuthenticationMethod.Direct);

As an example, mitmproxy can be used to inspect the requests and responses:

mitmproxy