[java] How do I make HttpURLConnection use a proxy?

If I do this...

conn = new URL(urlString).openConnection();
System.out.println("Proxy? " + conn.usingProxy());

it prints

Proxy? false

The problem is, I am behind a proxy. Where does the JVM get its proxy information from on Windows? How do I set this up? All my other apps seem perfectly happy with my proxy.

Proxies are supported through two system properties: http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort. They must be set to the proxy server and port respectively. The following basic example illustrates it:

String url = "http://www.google.com/",
       proxy = "proxy.mydomain.com",
       port = "8080";
URL server = new URL(url);
Properties systemProperties = System.getProperties();
systemProperties.setProperty("http.proxyHost",proxy);
systemProperties.setProperty("http.proxyPort",port);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)server.openConnection();
connection.connect();
InputStream in = connection.getInputStream();
readResponse(in);

You can also set

-Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true

On Windows and Linux this will use the system settings so you don't need to repeat yourself (DRY)

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/doc-files/net-properties.html#Proxies

For Java 1.8 and higher you must set -Djdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes= to make proxies with Basic Authorization working with https.

This is fairly easy to answer from the internet. Set system properties http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort. You can do this with System.setProperty(), or from the command line with the -D syntax.

The approved answer will work ... if you know your proxy host and port =) . But in case you are looking for the proxy host and port the steps below should help

if auto configured proxy is given: then

1> open IE(or any browser)

2> get the url address from your browser through IE->Tools->internet option->connections->LAN Settings-> get address and give in url eg: as http://autocache.abc.com/ and enter, a file will be downloaded with .pac format, save to desktop

3> open .pac file in textpad, identify PROXY:

In your editor, it will come something like:

return "PROXY web-proxy.ind.abc.com:8080; PROXY proxy.sgp.abc.com:8080";

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Once you have the host and port just pop in into this and your good to go

Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress("web-proxy.ind.abc.com", 8080));
        URLConnection connection = new URL(url).openConnection(proxy);

Set following before you openConnection,

System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "host");
System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "port_number");

If proxy requires authentication,

System.setProperty("http.proxyUser", "user");
System.setProperty("http.proxyPassword", "password");