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Python
Requests proxy error
N Network
Medium
🔴 Error Message
ProxyError: Cannot connect through proxy
📖 What This Means
Proxy configuration wrong or proxy down.
🔧 Step-by-Step Fix
- Set proxy: requests.get(url, proxies={"http":"http://proxy:8080"})
- Or env: export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy:8080
- Verify proxy works: curl -x proxy:8080 http://example.com