Working with django : Proxy setup - django

Question

I have a local development django setup with apache. The problem is that on the deployment server there is no proxy while at my workplace I work behind a http proxy, hence the request calls fail.
Is there any way of making all calls from requests library go via proxy. [ I know how to add proxy to individual calls using the proxies parameter but is there a global solution ? ]

Answer 1

I got the same error reported by AmrFouad. At last, it fixed by updating wsgi.py as follows:
os.environ['http_proxy'] = "http://proxy.xxx:8080"
os.environ['https_proxy'] = "http://proxy.xxx:8080"

Answer 2

Add following lines in your wsgi file.
import os
http_proxy = "10.10.1.10:3128"
https_proxy = "10.10.1.11:1080"
ftp_proxy = "10.10.1.10:3128"
proxyDict = {
"http" : http_proxy,
"https" : https_proxy,
"ftp" : ftp_proxy
}
os.environ["PROXIES"] = proxyDict
And Now you can use this environment variable anywhere you want,
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers, proxies=os.environ.get("PROXIES"))
P.S. - You should have a look at following links
Official Python Documentation for Environment Variables
Where and how do I set an environmental variable using mod-wsgi and django?
Python ENVIRONMENT variables
UPDATE 1
You can do something like following so that proxy settings are only being used on localhost.
import socket
if socket.gethostname() == "localhost":
# do something only on local server, e.g. setting os.environ["PROXIES"]
os.environ["PROXIES"] = proxyDict
else:
# Set os.environ["PROXIES"] to an empty dictionary on other hosts
os.environ["PROXIES"] = {}