This module provides a plugin for tcp_connect/3 to realise TCP connections through an HTTP proxy that supports the HTTP 1.1 CONNECT method.

 socket:try_proxy(+Proxy, +Address, -Socket, -StreamPair)[multifile]

Connection is via an HTTP proxy for socket: Use HTTP CONNECT. Note that most proxies will only support this for connecting on port 443

Arguments:

Proxy

- is of the form proxy(Host, Port)

Errors

- proxy_error(Message) if the proxy connection is not successful.