Examples:

// update (Aug 2016) // // It seems that google now returning “HTTP 304” (page moved), // Hence,the google examples won’t work. // In addition, the examples won’t work with sites that check the “HOST” header (since when you connect locally the browser will send HOST: 127.0.0.1)

Let’s start with the simplest example - no bells and whistles - a simple TCP proxy:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import tornado.ioloop
import maproxy.proxyserver

# HTTP->HTTP: On your computer, browse to "http://127.0.0.1:81/" and you'll get http://www.google.com
server = maproxy.proxyserver.ProxyServer("www.google.com",80)
server.listen(81)
print("http://127.0.0.1:81 -> http://www.google.com")
tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

We are creating a proxy (reverse proxy, to be more accurate) that listens locally on port 81 (0.0.0.0:81) and redirect all calls to www.google.com (port 80) . Note that: 1. This is NOT an HTTP-proxy , since it operates in the lower TCP layer . this proxy has nothing to do with HTTP 2. we are actually listening on all the IP addresses, not only on 127.0.0.1 .

Now, Let’s say that you’d like to listen on a “clear” (non-encrypted) connection but connect to an SSL website, for example - create a proxy http://127.0.0.1:82 -> https://127.0.0.1:443 , simply update the “server” line:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import tornado.ioloop
import maproxy.proxyserver

# HTTP->HTTP: On your computer, browse to "http://127.0.0.1:81/" and you'll get http://www.google.com
server = maproxy.proxyserver.ProxyServer("www.google.com",443,server_ssl_options=True)
server.listen(82)
print("http://127.0.0.1:82 -> https://www.google.com",)
tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

Alternatively, you can listen on SSL port and redirect the connection to a clear-text server. In order to listen on SSL-port, you need to specify SSL server-certificates as “client_ssl_options”:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import tornado.ioloop
import maproxy.proxyserver

# HTTPS->HTTP
ssl_certs={     "certfile":  "./certificate.pem",
                "keyfile": "./privatekey.pem" }
# "client_ssl_options=ssl_certs" simply means "listen using SSL"
server = maproxy.proxyserver.ProxyServer("www.google.com",80,
                                         client_ssl_options=ssl_certs)
server.listen(83)
print("https://127.0.0.1:83 -> http://www.google.com")
tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

In the “demos” section of the source-code, you will also find:

• how to connect using SSL client-certificate

• how to inherit the “Session” object (that we internally use) and create a logging-proxy (proxy that logs everything) .

Installation:

pip install maproxy

Source Code: https://github.com/zferentz/maproxy

Contact Me: zvika d-o-t ferentz a-t gmail d,o,t com (if you can’t figure it out - please don’t contact me :) )