Mac OS X menu item for quickly enabling/disabling HTTP proxy
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README.md

ToggleProxy

ToggleProxy is a PyObjC-based application for Mac OS X to quickly enable and disable the different types of proxy (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS) for the currently active networking interface.

It’s a background application which installs a menu item in the Mac OS X menu bar, visualized by an arrow icon with three dots vertically laid out. These dots represent, from top to bottom, the state of the HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS proxies: black is active, transparent is inactive.

Clicking the icon presents a menu where the state of each type of proxy can be toggled.

NB: this is not a proxy manager, you have to configure proxies from Mac OS X Network preferences first before this app makes any sense.

Prerequisites

  • PyObjC: this should be already installed on your Mac, possible after installing XCode first;
  • py2app

Build

Build the application from Terminal like so:

python setup.py py2app

This builds the application as dist/ToggleProxy.app. You can run it from there, or move it to somewhere more appropriate first.

Troubleshooting

If you run into problems, first try to find out what the reason is. Run this from the same directory as setup.py:

./dist/ToggleProxy.app/Contents/MacOS/ToggleProxy

This should output any errors to stdout, so you might get a clue as to why it’s not working. If it warrants an issue report, you’re welcome!

Author & License

Copyright (C) 2011-2013 by Robert Klep (robert AT klep DOT name).

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.