curl-users
Re: How to route cURL requests through Tor
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 04:50:57 +0100
"Anthony Papillion" <anthony_at_cajuntechie.org> wrote:
> I'm writing an application that will include the cURL command line tool
> within it. I need to route cURL data through Tor that is installed on
> the users machine. Is there a way to do this or is it impossible?
You can use the built-in Socks5 server inside Tor (or enable it in your torrc).
And since curl supports the Socks5 protocol, connect via that. Something
like:
curl -o <file.html> --socks5-hostname localhost:9050 <URL>
--gv
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Received on 2014-02-02