Web Request through Proxy using RestSharp

Question

I'm trying to make a webrequest through a proxy on Windows phone 7. From what I can see the Compact Framework does not include the configuring of a proxy for the HttpWebRequest object. I tried using RestSharp but the RestClient also does not allow this. I've also tried configuring the Internet Options on my local machine to use a proxy, hopping that the same options will apply on my Windows Phone Emulator. That didn't work. Do you have any ideas?

Answer 1

Under "configuration" section in Web.config add this:

<system.net>
    <defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true"></defaultProxy>
</system.net>

(for more more info - MSDN - defaultProxy Element (Network Settings))

Answer 2

For people coming from Google looking how to set a proxy with RestSharp, if you are not on Windows Phone, at least as of version 104.4.0 you can do the following:

var client = new RestClient("http://example.com")
client.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://proxy.example.com")

Don't know whether this would work on Windows Phone since I am not familiar with the framework there; since the title of the question did not contain Windows Phone I thought that many like myself would end up here, just searching about how to setup the proxy with RestSharp.