HTTP proxy support

[#2133 state:committed]

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@bitsweat.net>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index bc82139dac..9db35881b8 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -257,6 +257,22 @@ module ActiveResource
         end
       end
 
+      # Gets the \proxy variable if a proxy is required
+      def proxy
+        # Not using superclass_delegating_reader. See +site+ for explanation
+        if defined?(@proxy)
+          @proxy
+        elsif superclass != Object && superclass.proxy
+          superclass.proxy.dup.freeze
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sets the URI of the http proxy to the value in the +proxy+ argument.
+      def proxy=(proxy)
+        @connection = nil
+        @proxy = proxy.nil? ? nil : create_proxy_uri_from(proxy)
+      end
+
       # Gets the \user for REST HTTP authentication.
       def user
         # Not using superclass_delegating_reader. See +site+ for explanation
@@ -332,6 +348,7 @@ module ActiveResource
       def connection(refresh = false)
         if defined?(@connection) || superclass == Object
           @connection = Connection.new(site, format) if refresh || @connection.nil?
+          @connection.proxy = proxy if proxy
           @connection.user = user if user
           @connection.password = password if password
           @connection.timeout = timeout if timeout
@@ -622,6 +639,11 @@ module ActiveResource
           site.is_a?(URI) ? site.dup : URI.parse(site)
         end
 
+        # Accepts a URI and creates the proxy URI from that.
+        def create_proxy_uri_from(proxy)
+          proxy.is_a?(URI) ? proxy.dup : URI.parse(proxy)
+        end
+
         # contains a set of the current prefix parameters.
         def prefix_parameters
           @prefix_parameters ||= prefix_source.scan(/:\w+/).map { |key| key[1..-1].to_sym }.to_set