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		<title>PeterHarding at 04:09, 1 August 2015</title>
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		<author><name>PeterHarding</name></author>
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		<title>PeterHarding at 03:00, 18 November 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-11-18T03:00:23Z</updated>

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		<title>PeterHarding at 06:04, 12 November 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-11-12T06:04:05Z</updated>

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		<title>PeterHarding: New page: =Load Testing Scripts=  ==Connection through Proxy==  &lt;pre&gt; #!/usr/bin/env python #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------  # urllib2 opener to conn...</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New page: =Load Testing Scripts=  ==Connection through Proxy==  &amp;lt;pre&amp;gt; #!/usr/bin/env python #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------  # urllib2 opener to conn...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;=Load Testing Scripts=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Connection through Proxy==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#!/usr/bin/env python&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
# urllib2 opener to connection through a proxy using the CONNECT method, (useful for SSL)&lt;br /&gt;
# tested with python 2.4&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
import urllib2&lt;br /&gt;
import urllib&lt;br /&gt;
import httplib&lt;br /&gt;
import socket&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class ProxyHTTPConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection):&lt;br /&gt;
    _ports = {&amp;#039;http&amp;#039; : 80, &amp;#039;https&amp;#039; : 443}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def request(self, method, url, body=None, headers={}):&lt;br /&gt;
        #request is called before connect, so can interpret url and get&lt;br /&gt;
        #real host/port to be used to make CONNECT request to proxy&lt;br /&gt;
        proto, rest = urllib.splittype(url)&lt;br /&gt;
        if proto is None:&lt;br /&gt;
            raise ValueError, &amp;quot;unknown URL type: %s&amp;quot; % url&lt;br /&gt;
        #get host&lt;br /&gt;
        host, rest = urllib.splithost(rest)&lt;br /&gt;
        #try to get port&lt;br /&gt;
        host, port = urllib.splitport(host)&lt;br /&gt;
        #if port is not defined try to get from proto&lt;br /&gt;
        if port is None:&lt;br /&gt;
            try:&lt;br /&gt;
                port = self._ports[proto]&lt;br /&gt;
            except KeyError:&lt;br /&gt;
                raise ValueError, &amp;quot;unknown protocol for: %s&amp;quot; % url&lt;br /&gt;
        self._real_host = host&lt;br /&gt;
        self._real_port = port&lt;br /&gt;
        httplib.HTTPConnection.request(self, method, url, body, headers)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def connect(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        httplib.HTTPConnection.connect(self)&lt;br /&gt;
        #send proxy CONNECT request&lt;br /&gt;
        self.send(&amp;quot;CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n&amp;quot; % (self._real_host, self._real_port))&lt;br /&gt;
        #expect a HTTP/1.0 200 Connection established&lt;br /&gt;
        response = self.response_class(self.sock, strict=self.strict, method=self._method)&lt;br /&gt;
        (version, code, message) = response._read_status()&lt;br /&gt;
        #probably here we can handle auth requests...&lt;br /&gt;
        if code != 200:&lt;br /&gt;
            #proxy returned and error, abort connection, and raise exception&lt;br /&gt;
            self.close()&lt;br /&gt;
            raise socket.error, &amp;quot;Proxy connection failed: %d %s&amp;quot; % (code, message.strip())&lt;br /&gt;
        #eat up header block from proxy....&lt;br /&gt;
        while True:&lt;br /&gt;
            #should not use directly fp probablu&lt;br /&gt;
            line = response.fp.readline()&lt;br /&gt;
            if line == &amp;#039;\r\n&amp;#039;: break&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class ProxyHTTPSConnection(ProxyHTTPConnection):&lt;br /&gt;
    default_port = 443&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def __init__(self, host, port = None, key_file = None, cert_file = None, strict = None):&lt;br /&gt;
        ProxyHTTPConnection.__init__(self, host, port)&lt;br /&gt;
        self.key_file = key_file&lt;br /&gt;
        self.cert_file = cert_file&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def connect(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        ProxyHTTPConnection.connect(self)&lt;br /&gt;
        #make the sock ssl-aware&lt;br /&gt;
        ssl = socket.ssl(self.sock, self.key_file, self.cert_file)&lt;br /&gt;
        self.sock = httplib.FakeSocket(self.sock, ssl)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class ConnectHTTPHandler(urllib2.HTTPHandler):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def do_open(self, http_class, req):&lt;br /&gt;
        return urllib2.HTTPHandler.do_open(self, ProxyHTTPConnection, req)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class ConnectHTTPSHandler(urllib2.HTTPSHandler):&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def do_open(self, http_class, req):&lt;br /&gt;
        return urllib2.HTTPSHandler.do_open(self, ProxyHTTPSConnection, req)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
if __name__ == &amp;#039;__main__&amp;#039;:&lt;br /&gt;
    import sys&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(ConnectHTTPHandler, ConnectHTTPSHandler)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    urllib2.install_opener(opener)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    req = urllib2.Request(url=&amp;#039;https://www.telstra.com/&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    req.set_proxy(&amp;#039;proxy:8080&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;http&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    f = urllib2.urlopen(req)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    print f.read()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Get character===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Get single character from standard input.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#!/usr/bin/env python&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class _Getch:&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Gets a single character from standard input.  Does not echo to the&lt;br /&gt;
screen.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    def __init__(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        try:&lt;br /&gt;
            self.impl = _GetchWindows()&lt;br /&gt;
        except ImportError:&lt;br /&gt;
            self.impl = _GetchUnix()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def __call__(self): return self.impl()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class _GetchUnix:&lt;br /&gt;
    def __init__(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        import tty, sys&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def __call__(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        import sys, tty, termios&lt;br /&gt;
        fd = sys.stdin.fileno()&lt;br /&gt;
        old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)&lt;br /&gt;
        try:&lt;br /&gt;
            tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())&lt;br /&gt;
            ch = sys.stdin.read(1)&lt;br /&gt;
        finally:&lt;br /&gt;
            termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)&lt;br /&gt;
        return ch&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
class _GetchWindows:&lt;br /&gt;
    def __init__(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        import msvcrt&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    def __call__(self):&lt;br /&gt;
        import msvcrt&lt;br /&gt;
        return msvcrt.getch()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
getch = _Getch()&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Loadtesting]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>PeterHarding</name></author>
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