Java Create a Simple Proxy Server with Sockets Examples
In these examples you can find different ways of creating simple proxy socket servers. This can be useful to you for a number of reasons:
- To capture traffic between a client and server.
- To limit the uploading/downloading the bandwidth to find out how your site is loaded with slow connections.
- To see how your system reacts when there is trouble in your network.
- To modify the content (sent of received) of a client/server "on the fly".
- To produce statistics about traffic.
* You can use the examples here as base for your development. None of the features have been implemented. The following examples are mere proxies. You cannot always use them as HTTP proxies.
Example 1 (MultiSocket Proxy Server)
Use Example 1 as HTTP Proxy for Another HTTP Proxy
Example 2 (Only 1 Socket at the same time)
Example 1
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
/**
*
* @author jcgonzalez.com
*
*/
public class ProxyMultiThread {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
if (args.length != 3)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("insuficient arguments");
// and the local port that we listen for connections on
String host = args[0];
int remoteport = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
int localport = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
// Print a start-up message
System.out.println("Starting proxy for " + host + ":" + remoteport
+ " on port " + localport);
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(localport);
while (true) {
new ThreadProxy(server.accept(), host, remoteport);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);
System.err.println("Usage: java ProxyMultiThread "
+ "<host> <remoteport> <localport>");
}
}
}
/**
* Handles a socket connection to the proxy server from the client and uses 2
* threads to proxy between server and client
*
* @author jcgonzalez.com
*
*/
class ThreadProxy extends Thread {
private Socket sClient;
private final String SERVER_URL;
private final int SERVER_PORT;
ThreadProxy(Socket sClient, String ServerUrl, int ServerPort) {
this.SERVER_URL = ServerUrl;
this.SERVER_PORT = ServerPort;
this.sClient = sClient;
this.start();
}
@Override
public void run() {
try {
final byte[] request = new byte[1024];
byte[] reply = new byte[4096];
final InputStream inFromClient = sClient.getInputStream();
final OutputStream outToClient = sClient.getOutputStream();
Socket client = null, server = null;
// connects a socket to the server
try {
server = new Socket(SERVER_URL, SERVER_PORT);
} catch (IOException e) {
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
outToClient));
out.flush();
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
// a new thread to manage streams from server to client (DOWNLOAD)
final InputStream inFromServer = server.getInputStream();
final OutputStream outToServer = server.getOutputStream();
// a new thread for uploading to the server
new Thread() {
public void run() {
int bytes_read;
try {
while ((bytes_read = inFromClient.read(request)) != -1) {
outToServer.write(request, 0, bytes_read);
outToServer.flush();
//TODO CREATE YOUR LOGIC HERE
}
} catch (IOException e) {
}
try {
outToServer.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}.start();
// current thread manages streams from server to client (DOWNLOAD)
int bytes_read;
try {
while ((bytes_read = inFromServer.read(reply)) != -1) {
outToClient.write(reply, 0, bytes_read);
outToClient.flush();
//TODO CREATE YOUR LOGIC HERE
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
if (server != null)
server.close();
if (client != null)
client.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
outToClient.close();
sClient.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Compile and Use
javac ProxyMultiThread.java
java ProxyMultiThread 192.168.1.10 8080 9999
Starting proxy for 192.168.1.10:8180 on port 9999
(Now the traffic is redirected from localhost 9999 to 192.168.1.10 through the proxy. Keep in mind that a web browser may not always work because of the HTTP host tag, referer, javascript redirections etc.).
Use Example 1 as HTTP Proxy for Another HTTP Proxy
If your HTTP proxy is myproxy.test.net on port 380 and you want use java as proxy before it gets to your proxy, you should run it like this.
java ProxyMultiThread myproxy.test.net 80 9999
Now adjust your browser configuration to use the proxy at localhost 9999
In firefox:
* Now all your traffic should go to the example 1 before it goes to your proxy.
Example 2
// This example is from _Java Examples in a Nutshell_. (http://www.oreilly.com)
// Copyright (c) 1997 by David Flanagan
// This example is provided WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
// You may study, use, modify, and distribute it for non-commercial purposes.
// For any commercial use, see http://www.davidflanagan.com/javaexamples
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
/**
* This class implements a simple single-threaded proxy server.
**/
public class SimpleProxyServer {
/** The main method parses arguments and passes them to runServer */
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
try {
// Check the number of arguments
if (args.length != 3)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong number of arguments.");
// Get the command-line arguments: the host and port we are proxy for
// and the local port that we listen for connections on
String host = args[0];
int remoteport = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
int localport = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
// Print a start-up message
System.out.println("Starting proxy for " + host + ":" + remoteport +
" on port " + localport);
// And start running the server
runServer(host, remoteport, localport); // never returns
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e);
System.err.println("Usage: java SimpleProxyServer " +
"<host> <remoteport> <localport>");
}
}
/**
* This method runs a single-threaded proxy server for
* host:remoteport on the specified local port. It never returns.
**/
public static void runServer(String host, int remoteport, int localport)
throws IOException {
// Create a ServerSocket to listen for connections with
ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(localport);
// Create buffers for client-to-server and server-to-client communication.
// We make one final so it can be used in an anonymous class below.
// Note the assumptions about the volume of traffic in each direction...
final byte[] request = new byte[1024];
byte[] reply = new byte[4096];
// This is a server that never returns, so enter an infinite loop.
while(true) {
// Variables to hold the sockets to the client and to the server.
Socket client = null, server = null;
try {
// Wait for a connection on the local port
client = ss.accept();
// Get client streams. Make them final so they can
// be used in the anonymous thread below.
final InputStream from_client = client.getInputStream();
final OutputStream to_client= client.getOutputStream();
// Make a connection to the real server
// If we cannot connect to the server, send an error to the
// client, disconnect, then continue waiting for another connection.
try { server = new Socket(host, remoteport); }
catch (IOException e) {
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(to_client));
out.println("Proxy server cannot connect to " + host + ":" +
remoteport + ":\n" + e);
out.flush();
client.close();
continue;
}
// Get server streams.
final InputStream from_server = server.getInputStream();
final OutputStream to_server = server.getOutputStream();
// Make a thread to read the client's requests and pass them to the
// server. We have to use a separate thread because requests and
// responses may be asynchronous.
new Thread() {
public void run() {
int bytes_read;
try {
while((bytes_read = from_client.read(request)) != -1) {
to_server.write(request, 0, bytes_read);
System.out.println(bytes_read+"to_server--->"+ new String(request, "UTF-8")+"<---");
to_server.flush();
}
}
catch (IOException e) {}
// the client closed the connection to us, so close our
// connection to the server. This will also cause the
// server-to-client loop in the main thread exit.
try {to_server.close();} catch (IOException e) {}
}
}.start();
// Meanwhile, in the main thread, read the server's responses
// and pass them back to the client. This will be done in
// parallel with the client-to-server request thread above.
int bytes_read;
try {
while((bytes_read = from_server.read(reply)) != -1) {
try {
Thread.sleep(1);
System.out.println(bytes_read+"to_client--->"+ new String(request, "UTF-8")+"<---");
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
to_client.write(reply, 0, bytes_read);
to_client.flush();
}
}
catch(IOException e) {}
// The server closed its connection to us, so close our
// connection to our client. This will make the other thread exit.
to_client.close();
}
catch (IOException e) { System.err.println(e); }
// Close the sockets no matter what happens each time through the loop.
finally {
try {
if (server != null) server.close();
if (client != null) client.close();
}
catch(IOException e) {}
}
}//while(true)
}
}
Example 3 HTTP proxy
I use this HTTP Java Proxy by Benjamin Kohl & Artem Melnik download here or go to the original site here.
Notes
- You can use Thread.sleep to limit bandwidth, throw random exceptions to mess with the networking, modify the content etc.