In computer networks, a proxy server is an application that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource available from a different server and the proxy server evaluates the request as a way to simplify and control its complexity. Proxies were invented to add structure and encapsulation to distributed systems.
This is an implementation of a Http proxy server
application with some fantasy features in python
.
- Logging
- Logs everything happens to a file.
"logging": {
"enable": true,
"logFile": "logFileName.log"
}
- Restriction
- If it is enable, it can restrict clients to visit some restricted websites.
- Also it can notify admin with email in smtp protocol. ( Actually email address and password are hardcoded in code and can be changed)
"restriction": {
"enable": true,
"targets": [
{
"URL": "www.somewebsite.com",
"notify": "true"
},
]
}
- HttpInjection
- It can show a message in a navbar header for index page of websites.
"HTTPInjection": {
"enable": true,
"post": {
"body": "An Injection Text"
}
}
- Accounting
- If it is enable, it can set a maximum byte usage for every user.
"accounting":{
"users":[
{
"IP": "127.0.0.1",
"volume":"8000000"
},
]
}
- Privacy
- With adding a specific user agent you can increase your privacy.
"privacy": {
"enable": true,
"userAgent": "Proxy Server V1.000"
}
- Caching
- With enabling this feature proxy can cache some repeated resources and send back again their to client.
- It uses Http cache system.
"caching": {
"enable": true,
"size": 200
}
First of all you should set config file with above features and `proxy port.
Then you can run proxy server with python
. It's not uses any specific library and dependecies.
python Main.py