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node.jsproxyrequestsocks

SOCKS connection fail with Node.js Request

I'm trying to GET request a URL using a SOCKS connection to the Private Internet Access proxy server, but getting this error: Error: SOCKS connection failed. Connection not allowed by ruleset. from the socks5-http-client npm package.

My code:

var request = require('request')
var Agent = require('socks5-http-client/lib/Agent')

var options = {
    url: url,
    agentClass: Agent,
    agentOptions: {
        socksHost: 'proxy-nl.privateinternetaccess.com', 
        socksPort: 1080,
        socksUsername: 'USERNAME',
        socksPassword: 'PASSWORD'
    }
}

request(options, function (error, res, html) {
  if (!error && res.statusCode == 200) {

  }else {
    logging.error(error)
  }
})
Solution

  • An HTTPS SOCKS connection was required (nothing in error message about this).

    It worked to use this library instead: socks5-https-client/lib/Agent