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How to dispatch HTTP requests via Tor in Go.
// To the extent possible under law, the Yawning Angel has waived all copyright
// and related or neighboring rights to orhttp_example, using the creative
// commons "cc0" public domain dedication. See LICENSE or
// <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/> for full details.
package main
import (
// Things needed by the actual interface.
"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
"net/http"
"net/url"
// Things needed by the example code.
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"os"
)
func fatalf(fmtStr string, args interface{}) {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, fmtStr, args)
os.Exit(-1)
}
func main() {
// Create a transport that uses Tor Browser's SocksPort. If
// talking to a system tor, this may be an AF_UNIX socket, or
// 127.0.0.1:9050 instead.
tbProxyURL, err := url.Parse("socks5://127.0.0.1:9150")
if err != nil {
fatalf("Failed to parse proxy URL: %v\n", err)
}
// Get a proxy Dialer that will create the connection on our
// behalf via the SOCKS5 proxy. Specify the authentication
// and re-create the dialer/transport/client if tor's
// IsolateSOCKSAuth is needed.
tbDialer, err := proxy.FromURL(tbProxyURL, proxy.Direct)
if err != nil {
fatalf("Failed to obtain proxy dialer: %v\n", err)
}
// Make a http.Transport that uses the proxy dialer, and a
// http.Client that uses the transport.
tbTransport := &http.Transport{Dial: tbDialer.Dial}
client := &http.Client{Transport: tbTransport}
// Example: Fetch something. Real code will probably want to use
// client.Do() so they can change the User-Agent.
resp, err := client.Get("http://check.torproject.org")
if err != nil {
fatalf("Failed to issue GET request: %v\n", err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Printf("GET returned: %v\n", resp.Status)
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fatalf("Failed to read the body: %v\n", err)
}
fmt.Printf("----- Body -----\n%s\n----- Body -----", body)
}
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abdel-aziz commented May 12, 2016

great, it works perfectly thx :).

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