Proxy trouble with latest version

[Vangelis forthnet]

 On Thu Oct 26 09:51:53 BST 2017, Charles Johnson wrote: 

> Proxy trouble with latest version

 Hi Charles, there's some ambivalence there, 
are you implying things worked in the same 
setup but with a previous GiP version? 
What was that then, before updating to latest (3.06)? 

 In the 3.05 -> 3.06 changelog nothing obvious 
(proxy related) stands out; going back to older 
versions, the most recent proxy-related commit is 
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/3f8fb93
which took place in the transition 3.01 -> 3.02 ...

 On Thu Oct 26 12:24:21 BST 2017, Charles Johnson wrote

> The result is that the message now awaits moderator 
> approval owing to its size

 This is a misleading message; if the size of the mail body 
or size of attachments exceeds a pre-configured max value, 
that message is printed to poster, but in reality the original 
infringing post will never make it to the list 
(speaking from experience here...). 
For a voluminous text output, better use a 
third party service to upload, then just use the 
generated link inside a list post to share.

 On Thu Oct 26 12:31:49 BST 2017, Charles Johnson wrote: 

> I'm using an SSH tunnel too

and originally wrote:

> get_iplayer --proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1080

 Port 1080 already was a hint for me, 
but it was helpful to indicate the use 
of an SSH tunnel. 

 An SSH tunnel, properly configured, 
creates a SOCKS4/5 proxy, by default 
listening on port 1080. I can see you're 
not using Windows, most sadly I have very 
little knowledge about other OSes, but 
I still think you'll find parts of the following 
exchange helpful: 
https://github.com/GetiPlayerAutomator/get-iplayer-automator/issues/483

I am hand-picking some relevant bits: 

> As far as Socks proxy support in GiP is concerned..., 
> don't get me started! NOWHERE in GiP's --longhelp, 
> Man Page, wiki, documentation etc.
> exists even a mere mention of "Socks" :-(
> Only the --proxy option is briefly covered... 
> As you know very well, the talk of Proxy 
> (be it HTTP or SOCKS) or VPN is strictly off-limits
> on the mailing list, SquarePenguin's Support Forum 
> and the GitHub issue tracker

> Furthermore, GiP lacks global support for SOCKS4 (that I am aware);
> --proxy (-p) is reserved only for HTTP(S) proxies - this isn't the case
> with, say, get-flash-videos, where an incantation like:
> --proxy socks://proxyhost:proxyport
> redirects both HTTP(S) & RTMP traffic through the SOCKS4 proxy...

> Through the SSH tunnel you can enable a SOCKS4/5 proxy
> connection to the remote server

> Only those apps on your machine that need to be proxied to
> the UK (browsers, downloaders etc.) and are compatible with 
> SOCKS would have to be configured individually to use the proxy

> You can use proxy chaining to proxy apps that do not
> support SOCKS (like GiP).
> On Windows, I used Privoxy (Mac OS X version available),
> a local HTTP proxy with default port=8118, and edited its main
> configuration file by adding the line:
> forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:1080 .
> This actually forwards the HTTP traffic Privoxy receives
> to the SOCKS proxy, itself forwarding it to the SSH server

> So, you can use GiP
> get_iplayer -p http://localhost:8118

 I am sure more knowledgeable list members with 
non-Windows OSes may offer additional advice... 

Regards, 
Vangelis.