Proxy (SOCKS4, SOCKS5, HTTP CONNECT) client for Python
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Author: Roman Snegirev
Requires Python: >=3.8.0
Classifiers
Development Status
- 5 - Production/Stable
Programming Language
- Python
- Python :: 3
- Python :: 3 :: Only
- Python :: 3.8
- Python :: 3.9
- Python :: 3.10
- Python :: 3.11
- Python :: 3.12
- Python :: 3.13
Operating System
- MacOS
- Microsoft
- POSIX :: Linux
Topic
- Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Intended Audience
- Developers
Framework
- AsyncIO
- Trio
License
- OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
python-socks
The python-socks
package provides a core proxy client functionality for Python.
Supports SOCKS4(a)
, SOCKS5(h)
, HTTP CONNECT
proxy and provides sync and async (asyncio, trio, curio, anyio) APIs.
You probably don't need to use python-socks
directly.
It is used internally by
aiohttp-socks and httpx-socks packages.
Requirements
- Python >= 3.8
- async-timeout >= 4.0 (optional)
- trio >= 0.24 (optional)
- curio >= 1.4 (optional)
- anyio >= 3.3.4 (optional)
Installation
only sync proxy support:
pip install python-socks
to include optional asyncio support:
pip install python-socks[asyncio]
to include optional trio support:
pip install python-socks[trio]
to include optional curio support:
pip install python-socks[curio]
to include optional anyio support:
pip install python-socks[anyio]
Simple usage
We are making secure HTTP GET request via SOCKS5 proxy
Sync
import ssl
from python_socks.sync import Proxy
proxy = Proxy.from_url('socks5://user:password@127.0.0.1:1080')
# `connect` returns standard Python socket in blocking mode
sock = proxy.connect(dest_host='check-host.net', dest_port=443)
sock = ssl.create_default_context().wrap_socket(
sock=sock,
server_hostname='check-host.net'
)
request = (
b'GET /ip HTTP/1.1\r\n'
b'Host: check-host.net\r\n'
b'Connection: close\r\n\r\n'
)
sock.sendall(request)
response = sock.recv(4096)
print(response)
Async (asyncio)
import ssl
import asyncio
from python_socks.async_.asyncio import Proxy
proxy = Proxy.from_url('socks5://user:password@127.0.0.1:1080')
# `connect` returns standard Python socket in non-blocking mode
# so we can pass it to asyncio.open_connection(...)
sock = await proxy.connect(dest_host='check-host.net', dest_port=443)
reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection(
host=None,
port=None,
sock=sock,
ssl=ssl.create_default_context(),
server_hostname='check-host.net',
)
request = (
b'GET /ip HTTP/1.1\r\n'
b'Host: check-host.net\r\n'
b'Connection: close\r\n\r\n'
)
writer.write(request)
response = await reader.read(-1)
print(response)
Async (trio)
import ssl
import trio
from python_socks.async_.trio import Proxy
proxy = Proxy.from_url('socks5://user:password@127.0.0.1:1080')
# `connect` returns trio socket
# so we can pass it to trio.SocketStream
sock = await proxy.connect(dest_host='check-host.net', dest_port=443)
stream = trio.SocketStream(sock)
stream = trio.SSLStream(
stream, ssl.create_default_context(),
server_hostname='check-host.net'
)
await stream.do_handshake()
request = (
b'GET /ip HTTP/1.1\r\n'
b'Host: check-host.net\r\n'
b'Connection: close\r\n\r\n'
)
await stream.send_all(request)
response = await stream.receive_some(4096)
print(response)
Async (curio)
import curio.ssl as curiossl
from python_socks.async_.curio import Proxy
proxy = Proxy.from_url('socks5://user:password@127.0.0.1:1080')
# `connect` returns curio.io.Socket
sock = await proxy.connect(
dest_host='check-host.net',
dest_port=443
)
request = (
b'GET /ip HTTP/1.1\r\n'
b'Host: check-host.net\r\n'
b'Connection: close\r\n\r\n'
)
ssl_context = curiossl.create_default_context()
sock = await ssl_context.wrap_socket(
sock, do_handshake_on_connect=False, server_hostname='check-host.net'
)
await sock.do_handshake()
stream = sock.as_stream()
await stream.write(request)
response = await stream.read(1024)
print(response)
Async (anyio)
import ssl
from python_socks.async_.anyio import Proxy
proxy = Proxy.from_url('socks5://user:password@127.0.0.1:1080')
# `connect` returns AnyioSocketStream
stream = await proxy.connect(
dest_host='check-host.net',
dest_port=443,
dest_ssl=ssl.create_default_context(),
)
request = (
b'GET /ip HTTP/1.1\r\n'
b'Host: check-host.net\r\n'
b'Connection: close\r\n\r\n'
)
await stream.write_all(request)
response = await stream.read()
print(response)
More complex example
A urllib3 PoolManager that routes connections via the proxy
from urllib3 import PoolManager, HTTPConnectionPool, HTTPSConnectionPool
from urllib3.connection import HTTPConnection, HTTPSConnection
from python_socks.sync import Proxy
class ProxyHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
socks_options = kwargs.pop('_socks_options')
self._proxy_url = socks_options['proxy_url']
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
def _new_conn(self):
proxy = Proxy.from_url(self._proxy_url)
return proxy.connect(
dest_host=self.host,
dest_port=self.port,
timeout=self.timeout
)
class ProxyHTTPSConnection(ProxyHTTPConnection, HTTPSConnection):
pass
class ProxyHTTPConnectionPool(HTTPConnectionPool):
ConnectionCls = ProxyHTTPConnection
class ProxyHTTPSConnectionPool(HTTPSConnectionPool):
ConnectionCls = ProxyHTTPSConnection
class ProxyPoolManager(PoolManager):
def __init__(self, proxy_url, timeout=5, num_pools=10, headers=None,
**connection_pool_kw):
connection_pool_kw['_socks_options'] = {'proxy_url': proxy_url}
connection_pool_kw['timeout'] = timeout
super().__init__(num_pools, headers, **connection_pool_kw)
self.pool_classes_by_scheme = {
'http': ProxyHTTPConnectionPool,
'https': ProxyHTTPSConnectionPool,
}
### and how to use it
manager = ProxyPoolManager('socks5://user:password@127.0.0.1:1080')
response = manager.request('GET', 'https://check-host.net/ip')
print(response.data)
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