Network via proxy server

If your network requires accessing the internet via a proxy server, there are several ways of configuring this so that pydov uses the correct proxy server in order to access online resources.

Environment variables

If the required proxy server(s) are available in the correct environment variables, pydov will honor this and use them to connect to the internet. They should be set using the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY for access to HTTP and HTTPS resources respectively.

Preferably these environment variables are set in your operating system or Python environment, so that they are transparently applied. Should you however not be in the possility to add them at a higher lever, it is always possible to configure the proxy servers manually by adding the following statements at the top of your pydov script:

import os
os.environ['HTTP_PROXY'] = 'http://url-of-proxy.server:port'
os.environ['HTTPS_PROXY'] = 'http://url-of-proxy.server:port'

Proxy autoconfiguration via PAC

It is possible that your company network or organisation is using a more complex proxy setup and allows auto discovery of the required proxy servers using PAC. While not included in the base pydov dependencies, pydov can support this proxy autodiscovery when it is installed additionally.

It can be installed using:

pip install pydov[proxy]

Or, when you need the proxy to install remote packages via pip as well:

pip install --proxy http://url-of-proxy.server:port pydov[proxy]

When installed, pydov will autodiscover and use the required proxy server when connecting to the internet. This also makes sure the proxy will be enabled only when required by the network you are currently using.