On Thu Oct 26 09:51:53 BST 2017, Charles Johnson wrote:
Proxy trouble with latest version
Hi Charles, there's some ambivalence there,
are you implying things worked in the same
setup but with a previous GiP version?
What was that then, before updating to latest (3.06)?
In the 3.05 -> 3.06 changelog nothing obvious
(proxy related) stands out; going back to older
versions, the most recent proxy-related commit is
https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/commit/3f8fb93
which took place in the transition 3.01 -> 3.02 ...
On Thu Oct 26 12:24:21 BST 2017, Charles Johnson wrote
The result is that the message now awaits moderator
approval owing to its size
This is a misleading message; if the size of the mail body
or size of attachments exceeds a pre-configured max value,
that message is printed to poster, but in reality the original
infringing post will never make it to the list
(speaking from experience here...).
For a voluminous text output, better use a
third party service to upload, then just use the
generated link inside a list post to share.
On Thu Oct 26 12:31:49 BST 2017, Charles Johnson wrote:
I'm using an SSH tunnel too
and originally wrote:
get_iplayer --proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1080
Port 1080 already was a hint for me,
but it was helpful to indicate the use
of an SSH tunnel.
An SSH tunnel, properly configured,
creates a SOCKS4/5 proxy, by default
listening on port 1080. I can see you're
not using Windows, most sadly I have very
little knowledge about other OSes, but
I still think you'll find parts of the following
exchange helpful:
https://github.com/GetiPlayerAutomator/get-iplayer-automator/issues/483
I am hand-picking some relevant bits:
As far as Socks proxy support in GiP is concerned...,
don't get me started! NOWHERE in GiP's --longhelp,
Man Page, wiki, documentation etc.
exists even a mere mention of "Socks" :-(
Only the --proxy option is briefly covered...
As you know very well, the talk of Proxy
(be it HTTP or SOCKS) or VPN is strictly off-limits
on the mailing list, SquarePenguin's Support Forum
and the GitHub issue tracker
Furthermore, GiP lacks global support for SOCKS4 (that I am aware);
--proxy (-p) is reserved only for HTTP(S) proxies - this isn't the case
with, say, get-flash-videos, where an incantation like:
--proxy socks://proxyhost:proxyport
redirects both HTTP(S) & RTMP traffic through the SOCKS4 proxy...
Through the SSH tunnel you can enable a SOCKS4/5 proxy
connection to the remote server
Only those apps on your machine that need to be proxied to
the UK (browsers, downloaders etc.) and are compatible with
SOCKS would have to be configured individually to use the proxy
You can use proxy chaining to proxy apps that do not
support SOCKS (like GiP).
On Windows, I used Privoxy (Mac OS X version available),
a local HTTP proxy with default port=8118, and edited its main
configuration file by adding the line:
forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:1080 .
This actually forwards the HTTP traffic Privoxy receives
to the SOCKS proxy, itself forwarding it to the SSH server
So, you can use GiP
get_iplayer -p http://localhost:8118
I am sure more knowledgeable list members with
non-Windows OSes may offer additional advice...
Regards,
Vangelis.
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