SOCKS5 proxy: not working with Node.js webR #581
Description
I cannot get the SOCKS5 proxy approach presented in https://jeroen.github.io/notes/webassembly-curl/ to work when running webR via Node.js.
I've tried with both webr 0.5.5 and webr 0.5.6, and with Node 18, 20, and 22.
Reproducible examples
$ node webR-curl.mjs
Node.js v v22.19.0
webR v0.5.6
R v4.5.1
Downloading webR package: curl
curl v7.0.0
1. Testing with ALL_PROXY=‘’
[PASS] curl internet access: FALSE
2. Testing with ALL_PROXY=‘socks5h://test:yolo@ws.r-universe.dev:443’
Testing for internet connectivity via https_proxy... failed.
[FAIL] curl internet access: FALSEwhere webR-curl.mjs is:
import { WebR } from "webr";
import WebSocket from "ws";
console.log('Node.js v', process.version);
// Launch webR instance
const webR = new WebR();
await webR.init();
console.log("webR v" + webR.version);
const code = [
'message("R v", getRversion())',
'webr::install("curl")',
'message("curl v", packageVersion("curl"))',
'Sys.unsetenv("ALL_PROXY")',
'message("1. Testing with ALL_PROXY=", sQuote(Sys.getenv("ALL_PROXY")))',
'ok <- curl::has_internet()',
'message(if (ok) "[FAIL]" else "[PASS]", " curl internet access: ", ok)',
'Sys.setenv(ALL_PROXY="socks5h://test:yolo@ws.r-universe.dev:443")',
'message("2. Testing with ALL_PROXY=", sQuote(Sys.getenv("ALL_PROXY")))',
'ok <- curl::has_internet()',
'message(if (!ok) "[FAIL]" else "[PASS]", " curl internet access: ", ok)',
]
await webR.evalR(code);
process.exit(0);Session information
$ node --version
v22.19.0$ npm info webr
webr@0.5.6 | SEE LICENSE IN LICENCE.md | deps: 24 | versions: 28
The statistical programming language R compiled into WASM for use in a web browser and node.
https://github.com/r-wasm/webr
keywords: webR, wasm, R, statistics, programming, webassembly, emscripten
dist
.tarball: https://registry.npmjs.org/webr/-/webr-0.5.6.tgz
.shasum: de81b5738374e92fc19a4f32e2aa8273adb66fc1
.integrity: sha512-DYKJ95EDGu9bzJedOqn3Q9jZi/qvoWobUdJ+lnknXCTH8oDu9aXo/v6eeX9b9rpk08eqVzLS/9RdLNspF/QRmQ==
.unpackedSize: 49.3 MB
dependencies:
@codemirror/autocomplete: ^6.8.1 @msgpack/msgpack: ^2.8.0 codemirror-lang-r: ^0.1.0-2 lightningcss: ^1.21.5 react-data-grid: ^7.0.0-beta.44 react: ^18.2.0
@codemirror/commands: ^6.2.4 @xterm/addon-fit: ^0.10.0 codemirror: ^6.0.1 pako: ^2.1.0 react-dom: ^18.2.0 tsx: ^4.0.0
@codemirror/state: ^6.2.1 @xterm/xterm: ^5.5.0 jszip: ^3.10.1 prop-types: ^15.7.2 react-icons: ^4.10.1 xmlhttprequest-ssl: ^2.1.0
@codemirror/view: ^6.15.0 classnames: ^2.2.6 lezer-r: ^0.1.1 react-accessible-treeview: ^2.6.1 react-resizable-panels: ^2.0.19 xterm-readline: ^1.1.2
maintainers:
- georgestagg <george.stagg@rstudio.com>
dist-tags:
latest: 0.5.6 next: 0.5.5-dev
published a week ago by georgestagg <george.stagg@rstudio.com>