SmartProxy initializes and returns a proxy function for use in a Transport

smartproxy.go

// SmartProxy initializes and returns a proxy function for use in a Transport
func SmartProxy() func(*http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
	// base url
	base := "https://%s:%s@%s"
	
	// fill credentials into url
	rawUrl := fmt.Sprintf(base, <YOUR_SMARTPROXY_USERNAME>, <YOUR_SMARTPROXY_PASSWORD>, "gate.dc.smartproxy.com:20000")
	
	// parse proxy url
	proxyUrl, err := url.Parse(rawUrl)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("invalid url to parse when creating proxy transport. err: ", err)
		return nil

	}
	
	// setup proxy transport
	proxy := http.ProxyURL(proxyUrl)

	return proxy
}