How to use axios to make an https call?

Question

I am trying to use axios with a proxy server to make an https call:

const url = "https://walmart.com/ip/50676589" var config = { proxy: { host: proxy.ip, port: proxy.port } }  axios.get(url, config) .then(result => {}) .catch(error => {console.log(error)}) 

The proxy servers I am using are all in the United States, highly anonymous, with support for HTTP and HTTPS.

I am receiving this error:

{ Error: write EPROTO 140736580649920:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s23_clnt.c:794:

In order to ensure that the problem is with axios and NOT the proxy, I tried this:

curl -x 52.8.172.72:4444 -L 'https://www.walmart.com/ip/50676589'

This totally works just fine.

How do I configure axios to work with proxies and https URL's?

Answer 1

Axios https proxy support is borked if using https proxies. Try passing the proxy through [httpsProxyAgent][1] using http.

var axios = require('axios');   let httpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent'); var agent = new httpsProxyAgent('http://username:pass@myproxy:port');  var config = {   url: 'https://google.com',   httpsAgent: agent }  axios.request(config).then((res) => console.log(res)).catch(err => console.log(err)) 

Alternatively there is a fork of Axios that incorporates this: axios-https-proxy-fix but I'd recommend the first method to ensure latest Axios changes.

Answer 2

Try this. That work for me.

First

npm install axios-https-proxy-fix 

Then

import axios from 'axios-https-proxy-fix';   const proxy = {   host: 'some_ip',   port: some_port_number,   auth: {     username: 'some_login',     password: 'some_pass'   } };  async someMethod() {   const result = await axios.get('some_https_link', {proxy}); }