Override the http.rb gem to inject our proxy settings

Author: pimterry

overrides/gems/http.rb

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+# Remove this module from LOAD_PATH, so we can load the real one
+gem_override_path = File.expand_path(__dir__)
+$LOAD_PATH.reject! { |path| File.expand_path(path) == gem_override_path }
+
+# Load http.rb, and inject our proxy settings as the default for all requests
+require 'http'
+module HTTP
+    module RequestHttpToolkitExtensions
+        def initialize(opts)
+            if not opts[:proxy] or opts[:proxy].keys.size < 2
+                proxy_from_env = URI(opts.fetch(:uri).to_s).find_proxy
+                opts[:proxy] = {
+                    proxy_address: proxy_from_env.host,
+                    proxy_port: proxy_from_env.port
+                }
+            end
+            super(opts)
+        end
+    end
+
+    class Request
+        prepend RequestHttpToolkitExtensions
+    end
+end
+
+# Put this override directory back on LOAD_PATH
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(gem_override_path)