Contentful ignoring proxy configuration - proxy

Question

I'm trying to setup a proxy to Contentful Delivery SDK to intercept the response and add relevant data. For development purposes, the proxy is still running locally. This is the configuration I'm using right now:
const client = createClient({
space: SPACE_ID,
accessToken: ACCESS_TOKEN,
host: CDN_URL,
environment: ENVIRONMENT,
basePath: 'api',
retryOnError: false,
proxy: {
host: 'localhost',
port: 8080,
auth: {
username: 'username',
password: 'password',
},
},
});
For some reason, this client keeps ignoring the proxy settings, making the request directly to Contentful CDN. I tried removing the host field from the configuration, but it didn't change the outcome. I also tried using the httpsAgent configuration with HttpsProxyAgent instead of the proxy one, but also didn't work.
Versions:
"contentful": "^7.11.3"
"react": "^16.13.1"

Answer 1

Firstly, the proxy configuration cannot be used client-side. It's unclear if that is your use case here.
There is a known bug here. Either try installing a newer version of Axios, which is the lib that the contentful SDK uses. Or use a proxyAgent:
const HttpProxyAgent = require("http-proxy-agent");
const httpAgent = new HttpProxyAgent({host: "proxyhost", port: "proxyport", auth: "username:password"})
Now just pass the agent into the create client method:
const client = createClient({
....
httpAgent: httpAgent,
....
});