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v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - Class: Gem::RemoteFetcher

new(proxy = nil)

public

Initialize a remote fetcher using the source URI and possible proxy information.

proxy

[String]: explicit specification of proxy; overrides any environment
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variable setting
```
nil: respect environment variables (HTTP_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY_USER,
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HTTP_PROXY_PASS)
```
:no_proxy: ignore environment variables and _don’t_ use a proxy

# File lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb, line 55
  def initialize(proxy = nil)
    require 'net/http'
    require 'stringio'
    require 'time'
    require 'uri'

    Socket.do_not_reverse_lookup = true

    @connections = {}
    @requests = Hash.new 0
    @proxy_uri =
      case proxy
      when :no_proxy then nil
      when nil then get_proxy_from_env
      when URI::HTTP then proxy
      else URI.parse(proxy)
      end
    @user_agent = user_agent
  end

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