using Tor as Proxy

c# proxy httpwebrequest tor
Lay picture Lay · Dec 26, 2009 · Viewed 37.8k times · Source

I'm trying to use Tor-Server as a proxy in HttpWebRequest, my code looks like this:

HttpWebRequest request;
HttpWebResponse response;

request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
request.Proxy = new WebProxy("127.0.0.1:9051");

response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
response.Close();

it works perfect with "normal" proxies but with Tor I'm getting Exceptions while calling

GetResponse() with Status = ServerProtocolViolation. The message is (in German...):Message = "Der Server hat eine Protokollverletzung ausgeführt.. Section=ResponseStatusLine"

Answer

Christopher Tarquini picture Christopher Tarquini · Jan 23, 2010

If you have privoxy installed and running you can do 

request.Proxy = new WebProxy("127.0.0.1:8118"); // default privoxy port

Which will enable you to make requests using tor

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