19974 2012-11-15 23:13:20 +0000 The link checker will use a proxy and it will handle https but it does not do both 2012-11-17 07:46:41 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified LinkChecker checklink unspecified PC All RESOLVED INVALID P2 major --- 1 mark.g.pohl ville.skytta mark.g.pohl www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 78375 0 mark.g.pohl 2012-11-15 23:13:20 +0000 The link checker will use a proxy just fine with http but if you use a proxy with https it will not send the https through the proxy. It will time out. There is a simple fix for this. There is a simple fix. Here is the code to replace the current "new" constructor. The comment and new code start at line 29 in the method sub new { my $proto = shift; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; my ($name, $from, $rules) = @_; # For security/privacy reasons, if $from was not given, do not send it. # Cheat by defining something for the constructor, and resetting it later. my $from_ok = $from; $from ||= 'www-validator@w3.org'; my $self; if (USE_ROBOT_UA) { $self = $class->SUPER::new($name, $from, $rules); } else { my %cnf; @cnf{qw(agent from)} = ($name, $from); $self = LWP::UserAgent->new(%cnf); $self = bless $self, $class; } $self->from(undef) unless $from_ok; $self->env_proxy(); #Added this to set the proxy for https as well as http #This is not included with the standard distribution. #The standard distribution will work with a proxy and will work with https but it #does not work with both a proxy and https at the same time. $self->{proxy} = { https => $ua->{proxy}->{http}, http => $ua->{proxy}->{http} }; $self->allow_private_ips(1); $self->protocols_forbidden([qw(mailto javascript)]); return $self; } 78435 1 ville.skytta 2012-11-17 07:46:41 +0000 If you want to send https through a proxy, set the https_proxy environment variable.