can i use HttpClient with http proxy for ftp?

[Paranoid <pa...@ukr.net>]

hi all!

have http proxy and some days ago notices that urls to download from ftp through http proxy very similar to http requests, something like http/1.1 GET ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/last-update
so, is there any way to download from ftp with httpclient with this kind of proxy/













    

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Re: can i use HttpClient with http proxy for ftp?

[Roland Weber <ht...@dubioso.net>]

Hi,

> so, is there any way to download from ftp with httpclient with this kind of proxy/
> 

That depends entirely on the proxy. HttpClient does not
implement FTP. However, some proxies will automatically
interpret HTTP requests for ftp:// URLs. Such proxies
use FTP to contact the target server, then return the
result as HTTP. If your proxy is of that variety, then
you can use HttpClient. Execute a GET method with the
ftp: URL and see what you get back. If the proxy returns
an error about "unsupported protocol" or anything of
that kind, then it is not of the above-mentioned variety.

hope that helps,
  Roland


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