RFE - extract proxy username and password from http(s)_proxy environment variables
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- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
A common convention for the HTT(PS)_PROXY variable is to be able to embed the username and password in the URL like: http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.com:PORT
choco doesn't appear to recognize this and ends up prompting for the proxy username and password.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing Chocolatey's handling of the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables; no source file or test is identified in the issue. Check how proxy URLs are parsed and how authentication prompts are triggered. Done means credentials embedded in a proxy URL are recognized without prompting, with behavior verified for the documented URL form.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- cli, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100