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Servlet thorough a proxy server

Finally I found how to make a servlet go through the UTS proxy server for it to access YouTube.

My web application (to be available online soon...) calls a Java servlet that does HTTP requests to YouTube server. See YouTube Developer Area for more information. There are nice example web apps.

I had a proxy problem ... well not really a problem, but it was a problem for me due to my lack of knowledge. While the process takes about 2 minutes without the proper setting, it only takes 200 msec with the appropriate setting. The URL should be set as below:

URL url = new URL("http", proxyHost, proxyPort, youtubeGetVideoByTagString);

... This is to make a Java servlet use a specific proxy server.

• by shige+ki
• at September 3, 2007 23:28
• in Java