1. Create a file called testproxy.py, containing:
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import urllib2
proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({"http":"1.2.3.4:8800", "https":"1.2.3.4:8800"})
opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy_handler)
urllib2.install_opener(opener)
html = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.google.com").read()
print html
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2. Run the script using:
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python testproxy.py
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