chrome.proxy

Description

Use the chrome.proxy API to manage Chrome's proxy settings. This API relies on the ChromeSetting prototype of the type API for getting and setting the proxy configuration.

Permissions

proxy

You must declare the "proxy" permission in the extension manifest to use the proxy settings API. For example:

{
  "name": "My extension",
  ...
  "permissions": [
    "proxy"
  ],
  ...
}

Concepts and usage

Proxy settings are defined in a proxy.ProxyConfig object. Depending on Chrome's proxy settings, the settings may contain proxy.ProxyRules or a proxy.PacScript.

Proxy modes

A ProxyConfig object's mode attribute determines the overall behavior of Chrome with regards to proxy usage. It can take the following values:

direct
In direct mode all connections are created directly, without any proxy involved. This mode allows no further parameters in the ProxyConfig object.
auto_detect
In auto_detect mode the proxy configuration is determined by a PAC script that can be downloaded at http://wpad/wpad.dat. This mode allows no further parameters in the ProxyConfig object.
pac_script
In pac_script mode the proxy configuration is determined by a PAC script that is either retrieved from the URL specified in the proxy.PacScript object or taken literally from the data element specified in the proxy.PacScript object. Besides this, this mode allows no further parameters in the ProxyConfig object.
fixed_servers
In fixed_servers mode the proxy configuration is codified in a proxy.ProxyRules object. Its structure is described in Proxy rules. Besides this, the fixed_servers mode allows no further parameters in the ProxyConfig object.
system
In system mode the proxy configuration is taken from the operating system. This mode allows no further parameters in the ProxyConfig object. Note that the system mode is different from setting no proxy configuration. In the latter case, Chrome falls back to the system settings only if no command-line options influence the proxy configuration.

Proxy rules

The proxy.ProxyRules object can contain either a singleProxy attribute or a subset of proxyForHttp, proxyForHttps, proxyForFtp, and fallbackProxy.

In the first case, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP traffic is proxied through the specified proxy server. Other traffic is sent directly. In the latter case the behavior is slightly more subtle: If a proxy server is configured for the HTTP, HTTPS or FTP protocol, the respective traffic is proxied through the specified server. If no such proxy server is specified or traffic uses a different protocol than HTTP, HTTPS or FTP, the fallbackProxy is used. If no fallbackProxy is specified, traffic is sent directly without a proxy server.

Proxy server objects

A proxy server is configured in a proxy.ProxyServer object. The connection to the proxy server (defined by the host attribute) uses the protocol defined in the scheme attribute. If no scheme is specified, the proxy connection defaults to http.

If no port is defined in a proxy.ProxyServer object, the port is derived from the scheme. The default ports are:

SchemePort
http80
https443
socks41080
socks51080

Bypass list

Individual servers may be excluded from being proxied with the bypassList. This list may contain the following entries:

[SCHEME://]HOST_PATTERN[:PORT]

Match all hostnames that match the pattern HOST_PATTERN. A leading "." is interpreted as a "*.".

Examples: "foobar.com", "*foobar.com", "*.foobar.com", "*foobar.com:99", "https://x.*.y.com:99".

PatternMatchesDoes not match
".foobar.com""www.foobar.com""foobar.com"
"*.foobar.com""www.foobar.com""foobar.com"
"foobar.com""foobar.com""www.foobar.com"
"*foobar.com""foobar.com", "www.foobar.com", "foofoobar.com"
[SCHEME://]IP_LITERAL[:PORT]

Match URLs that are IP address literals. Conceptually this is the similar to the first case, but with special cases to handle IP literal canonicalization. For example, matching on "[0:0:0::1]" is the same as matching on "[::1]" because the IPv6 canonicalization is done internally.

Examples: 127.0.1, [0:0::1], [::1]:80, https://[::1]:443

IP_LITERAL/PREFIX_LENGTH_IN_BITS

Match any URL containing an IP literal (IP_LITERAL) within the given range. The IP range (PREFIX_LENGTH_IN_BITS) is specified using CIDR notation.

Match any URL containing an IP literal within the given range. The IP range is specified using CIDR notation. Examples: "192.168.1.1/16", "fefe:13::abc/33"

<local>

The literal string <local> matches simple hostnames. A simple hostname is one that contains no dots and is not an IP literal. For instance example and localhost are simple hostnames, whereas example.com, example., and [::1] are not.

Example: "<local>"

Examples

The following code sets a SOCKS 5 proxy for HTTP connections to all servers but foobar.com and uses direct connections for all other protocols. The settings apply to regular and incognito windows, as incognito windows inherit settings from regular windows. See also the Types API documentation.

var config = {
  mode: "fixed_servers",
  rules: {
    proxyForHttp: {
      scheme: "socks5",
      host: "1.2.3.4"
    },
    bypassList: ["foobar.com"]
  }
};
chrome.proxy.settings.set(
  {value: config, scope: 'regular'},
  function() {}
);

The following code sets a custom PAC script.

var config = {
  mode: "pac_script",
  pacScript: {
    data: "function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {\n" +
          "  if (host == 'foobar.com')\n" +
          "    return 'PROXY blackhole:80';\n" +
          "  return 'DIRECT';\n" +
          "}"
  }
};
chrome.proxy.settings.set(
  {value: config, scope: 'regular'},
  function() {}
);

The next snippet queries the current effective proxy settings. The effective proxy settings can be determined by another extension or by a policy. See the Types API documentation for details.

chrome.proxy.settings.get(
  {'incognito': false},
  function(config) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(config));
  }
);

Note that the value object passed to set() is not identical to the value object passed to callback function of get(). The latter will contain a rules.proxyForHttp.port element.

Types

Mode

Chrome 54+

Enum

"direct"

"auto_detect"

"pac_script"

"fixed_servers"

"system"

PacScript

An object holding proxy auto-config information. Exactly one of the fields should be non-empty.

Properties

  • data

    string optional

    A PAC script.

  • mandatory

    boolean optional

    If true, an invalid PAC script will prevent the network stack from falling back to direct connections. Defaults to false.

  • url

    string optional

    URL of the PAC file to be used.

ProxyConfig

An object encapsulating a complete proxy configuration.

Properties

  • mode

    'direct' = Never use a proxy 'auto_detect' = Auto detect proxy settings 'pac_script' = Use specified PAC script 'fixed_servers' = Manually specify proxy servers 'system' = Use system proxy settings

  • pacScript

    PacScript optional

    The proxy auto-config (PAC) script for this configuration. Use this for 'pac_script' mode.

  • rules

    ProxyRules optional

    The proxy rules describing this configuration. Use this for 'fixed_servers' mode.

ProxyRules

An object encapsulating the set of proxy rules for all protocols. Use either 'singleProxy' or (a subset of) 'proxyForHttp', 'proxyForHttps', 'proxyForFtp' and 'fallbackProxy'.

Properties

  • bypassList

    string[] optional

    List of servers to connect to without a proxy server.

  • fallbackProxy

    ProxyServer optional

    The proxy server to be used for everthing else or if any of the specific proxyFor... is not specified.

  • proxyForFtp

    ProxyServer optional

    The proxy server to be used for FTP requests.

  • proxyForHttp

    ProxyServer optional

    The proxy server to be used for HTTP requests.

  • proxyForHttps

    ProxyServer optional

    The proxy server to be used for HTTPS requests.

  • singleProxy

    ProxyServer optional

    The proxy server to be used for all per-URL requests (that is http, https, and ftp).

ProxyServer

An object encapsulating a single proxy server's specification.

Properties

  • host

    string

    The hostname or IP address of the proxy server. Hostnames must be in ASCII (in Punycode format). IDNA is not supported, yet.

  • port

    number optional

    The port of the proxy server. Defaults to a port that depends on the scheme.

  • scheme

    Scheme optional

    The scheme (protocol) of the proxy server itself. Defaults to 'http'.

Scheme

Chrome 54+

Enum

"http"

"https"

"quic"

"socks4"

"socks5"

Properties

settings

Proxy settings to be used. The value of this setting is a ProxyConfig object.

Events

onProxyError

chrome.proxy.onProxyError.addListener(
  callback: function,
)

Notifies about proxy errors.

Parameters

  • callback

    function

    The callback parameter looks like:

    (details: object)=>void

    • details

      object

      • details

        string

        Additional details about the error such as a JavaScript runtime error.

      • error

        string

        The error description.

      • fatal

        boolean

        If true, the error was fatal and the network transaction was aborted. Otherwise, a direct connection is used instead.