From 86d0256815c16ab12a4a14ed24b98db4e550d715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Hoffman Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added FAQ about HTTP proxies --HG-- extra : convert_revision : svn%3Ab85faa78-f9eb-468e-a121-7cced6da292c%40899 --- scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst index 1f08781ca..e203daf7c 100644 --- a/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst +++ b/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst @@ -47,3 +47,14 @@ We'd be proud if Scrapy serves as an inspiration for other projects. Feel free to steal from us! .. _Django: http://www.djangoproject.com + +Does Scrapy work with HTTP proxies? +----------------------------------- + +No. support for HTTP proxies is not currently implemented in Scrapy, but it +will be in the future. For more information about this, follow `this ticket +`_. Setting the ``http_proxy`` environment +variable won't work because Twisted (the library used by Scrapy to download +pages) doesn't support it. See `this Twisted ticket +`_ for more info. +