Generate auto proxy config files (PAC) from a declaration

This package aims to make it possible to create simple proxy scripts declaratively. It will never cover all the subtleties. If you have unusual requirements, it is better to write the proxy script directly in JavaScript

Usage

You can install the package with pip.

pip install paccreator

You can also load the script directly from github with pip.

pip install git+https://github.com/73h/paccreator.git@main#egg=paccreator

Create a file called myproxy.yaml and define your proxy rules in it like this.

description: A description of proxy script # (optional, default=pac file for my company)
version: The version of proxy script # (optional, default=0.1)
proxies:
  - route: DIRECT
    description: A description of proxy # (optional, default=use this proxy)
    tags: # (optional) Here you can add any comments you like, which you can use to filter later. However, there are also standard annotations.
      - default # (optional) This marks the proxy as default if no other condition applies. if no default proxy is available, the first one is used.
      - catch-plain-hostnames # (optional) This proxy applies if there is no domain name in the hostname (no dots). You should not annotate this on several proxies.
    targets:
      - example.com
      - foo.example.com
      - .example.net
      # You can also use a network mask, ip-addresses, hosts or strings
  - route: PROXY proxy1.example.com:80; DIRECT
    targets:
      - 10.0.0.0/8

Run this in python.

import os
from paccreator import PacCreator

p = PacCreator()
with open(os.path.join("myproxy.yaml"), "r") as f:
    p.load_from_yaml(f.read())
    print(p.output())

You can also use with contextmanager.

import os
from paccreator import load_from_yaml

with open(os.path.join("myproxy.yaml"), "r") as f:
    with load_from_yaml(f.read()) as p:
        print(p.output())

Examples

A simple Example for a random company

yaml file

description: Simple proxy
proxies:
  - description: use direct connection
    route: DIRECT
    targets:
      - 10.0.0.0/8
      - .my-company.com
  - description: use my proxy
    route: PROXY proxy.my-company.com:80
    tags:
      - default
    targets:
      - www.my-company.com
      - contact.my-company.com
  - description: use the special proxy
    route: PROXY proxy.my-company.com:8080
    targets:
      - datacenter.my-company.com

As a result, you can see that it has resolved the overlap between .my-company.com and, for example, contact.my-company.com by first evaluating the exact subdomains. The network mask 10.0.0.0/8 was placed at the end to avoid DNS queries when they are not necessary.

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
    /*
        Description: Simple proxy
        Version: 0.1
    */
    host = host.toLowerCase();
    if (
        localHostOrDomainIs(host, "www.my-company.com")
        || localHostOrDomainIs(host, "contact.my-company.com")
    ) {
        /* use my proxy */
        return "PROXY proxy.my-company.com:80";
    }
    if (
        localHostOrDomainIs(host, "datacenter.my-company.com")
    ) {
        /* use the special proxy */
        return "PROXY proxy.my-company.com:8080";
    }
    if (
        dnsDomainIs(host, ".my-company.com")
    ) {
        /* use direct connection */
        return "DIRECT";
    }
    if (
        isInNet(host, "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0")
    ) {
        /* use direct connection */
        return "DIRECT";
    }
    /* Default: use my proxy */
    return "PROXY proxy.my-company.com:80";
}

Unit Tests Example

You can see all the options supported so far in the test examples.