Tor Proxy

The darc.proxy.tor module contains the auxiliary functions around managing and processing the Tor proxy.

darc.proxy.tor._tor_bootstrap()

Tor bootstrap.

The bootstrap configuration is defined as _TOR_CONFIG.

If TOR_PASS not provided, the function will request for it.

See also

darc.proxy.tor.has_tor(link_pool)

Check if contain Tor links.

Parameters

link_pool (Set[str]) – Link pool to check.

Returns

If the link pool contains Tor links.

Return type

bool

See also

darc.proxy.tor.print_bootstrap_lines(line)

Print Tor bootstrap lines.

Parameters

line (str) – Tor bootstrap line.

darc.proxy.tor.renew_tor_session()

Renew Tor session.

darc.proxy.tor.tor_bootstrap()

Bootstrap wrapper for Tor.

The function will bootstrap the Tor proxy. It will retry for TOR_RETRY times in case of failure.

Also, it will NOT re-bootstrap the proxy as is guaranteed by _TOR_BS_FLAG.

Warns

TorBootstrapFailed – If failed to bootstrap Tor proxy.

See also

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_REQUESTS_PROXY: Dict[str, Any]

Proxy for Tor sessions.

See also

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_SELENIUM_PROXY: selenium.webdriver.Proxy

Proxy (selenium.webdriver.Proxy) for Tor web drivers.

See also

The following constants are configuration through environment variables:

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_PORT: int

Port for Tor proxy connection.

Default

9050

Environ

TOR_PORT

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_CTRL: int

Port for Tor controller connection.

Default

9051

Environ

TOR_CTRL

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_STEM: bool

If manage the Tor proxy through stem.

Default

True

Environ

TOR_STEM

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_PASS: str

Tor controller authentication token.

Default

None

Environ

TOR_PASS

Note

If not provided, it will be requested at runtime.

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_RETRY: int

Retry times for Tor bootstrap when failure.

Default

3

Environ

TOR_RETRY

darc.proxy.tor.BS_WAIT: float

Time after which the attempt to start Tor is aborted.

Default

90

Environ

TOR_WAIT

Note

If not provided, there will be NO timeouts.

darc.proxy.tor.TOR_CFG: Dict[str, Any]

Tor bootstrap configuration for stem.process.launch_tor_with_config().

Default

{}

Environ

TOR_CFG

Note

If provided, it will be parsed from a JSON encoded string.

The following constants are defined for internal usage:

darc.proxy.tor._TOR_BS_FLAG: bool

If the Tor proxy is bootstrapped.

darc.proxy.tor._TOR_PROC: subprocess.Popen

Tor proxy process running in the background.

darc.proxy.tor._TOR_CTRL: stem.control.Controller

Tor controller process (stem.control.Controller) running in the background.

darc.proxy.tor._TOR_CONFIG: List[str]

Tor bootstrap configuration for stem.process.launch_tor_with_config().