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Wlad
Wlad

Reputation: 3276

How to configure PIP per config file to use a proxy (with authentification)?

I used to set up environment evariables http_proxy and https_proxy (with user + password) in the past to use Pip (on Windows) behind a corporate proxy. But recently I needed to tell Pip to use a proxy without setting up environment variables as this conflicted with git configuration in combination with SSL Certificates which I get to work only by removing environment variables for proxy.

Fortunately you can configure PIP with an pip.ini file as described here: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#config-file

The detailed answer to my own question follows below.

Upvotes: 38

Views: 142497

Answers (6)

SdSaati
SdSaati

Reputation: 910

I know the question mentioned it's about Windows, but for those who are in Linux:

Linux

  1. Open this file: ~/.config/pip/pip.conf (if it's not there create it).
  2. Put the following:
[global]
proxy = http://127.0.0.1:12345

Windows

  1. Open this file: %APPDATA%\pip\pip.ini (if it's not there create it).
  2. Put the following:
proxy = http://127.0.0.1:12345

Platform Independent

You can always use the --proxy option of pip itself to use a custom proxy:

pip install PACKAGE --proxy http://127.0.0.1:12345

NOTE

You need to change the http://127.0.0.1:12345 with your proxy. It also can contain a username and password:

Protocol://Username:Password@ProxyHost:ProxyPort

Upvotes: 0

Anwar Husain
Anwar Husain

Reputation: 1864

A little easier with:

pip config set global.proxy http://{host}:{port}

and it will persist the setting automagically

Writing to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\pip\pip.ini

Upvotes: 40

knile
knile

Reputation: 336

If package that you are trying to install has dependencies it's best to create pip.ini for system wide configuration, in windows you can do this in powershell:

mkdir c:\programdata\pip\
new-item c:\programdata\pip\pip.ini

and add this to your pip.ini

[global]
proxy = http://domain\user:pwd@proxy_hostname_or_ip:port

and then everything should work fine, as HTTP_PROXY variable didn't work for me.

Make sure to save file as ansi or windows1252 in VSCode as UTF files are not read properly.

Upvotes: 3

Kishore Kolla
Kishore Kolla

Reputation: 129

You need to set proxy option while installing the package. example: 

pip install --proxy userid:[email protected]:yourport

Upvotes: 6

crunchyminion
crunchyminion

Reputation: 161

In order to add a proxy option in the terminal the following line solved the problem for me:

pip install package_name_here --proxy https://user_name:password@proxyname:port

Upvotes: 16

Wlad
Wlad

Reputation: 3276

Here are the steps how to configure proxy (with auth.) in pip's config file (pip.ini)

  1. (if it does not already exist) Create a folder named 'pip' and inside it a file named 'pip.ini' as described here: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#config-file (location an name may differ per platform - e.g. on Windows it's %APPDATA%\pip\pip.ini)

  2. edit pip.ini file and add

    [global]
proxy = http://user:password@proxy_name:port
  3. That's it!

Example for proxy with authentification (user + password):

proxy = http://butch:secret@proxyname:1234

proxyname can be an IP adress, too

Example for proxy without auth.:

proxy = http://proxyname:1234

Upvotes: 60

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