Ruby http client with "native" ntlm proxy support - ruby

Question

I am looking for a ruby HTTP client gem that supports NTLM proxy authentication "natively" - not through cntlm or similar local proxies.
Any hints appreciated.

Answer 1

A little digging unearthed Typhoeus:
require 'typhoeus'
e=Typhoeus::Easy.new
e.url="http://www.google.com/"
e.proxy = {:server => "1.2.3.4:80"}
e.proxy_auth={:username => "user", :password => 'password'}
e.perform

Answer 2

Typhoeus seems to have been repurposed. The libcurl wrapper is now Ethon (https://github.com/typhoeus/ethon).
I've successfully authenticated with an NTLM proxy using Curb (https://github.com/taf2/curb), another libcurl wrapper:
require 'spec_helper'
require 'curl'
describe Curl do
it 'should connect via an ISA proxy' do
c = Curl::Easy.new('http://example.com/') do |curl|
curl.proxy_url = 'http://username:password#localhost:8080'
curl.proxy_auth_types = Curl::CURLAUTH_NTLM
end
c.perform
headers = c.header_str.split("\r\n")
#puts headers.inspect
headers.should include 'X-Powered-By: Phusion Passenger (mod_rails/mod_rack) 3.0.19'
end
end
Change your settings and assertion as required.

Answer 3

You can do ntlm with Typhoeus and Ethon - depending how many features you need. Typhoeus has more than Ethon, but Ethon is more powerful as it is more low level.
require 'ethon'
easy = Ethon::Easy.new(
url: "http://www.google.com/",
proxy: "1.2.3.4:80",
proxyuserpwd: "user:password",
proxyauth: "ntlm"
)
easy.perform
Typhoeus accepts the same options:
require 'typhoeus'
request = Typhoeus::Request.new(
"http://www.google.com/",
proxy: "1.2.3.4:80",
proxyuserpwd: "user:password",
proxyauth: "ntlm"
)
request.run
I wrote both code examples without testing them b/c I lack a proxy and with the latest Typhoeus/Ethon versions (which you don't have already according to your example).