##Proxypy: Get external HTML, JSON or any other text file

Simple Python proxy module for fetching content of remote webpages on the client without cross-domain limitations. Works with any Python web framework, here is an example with Flask and you can see it in action here

###Usage Include the Proxypy module in your app path

#####Flask View

from flask import Flask, request, Response
import json
import proxypy

@app.route("/crossdomain")
def crossdom():
    reply = proxypy.get(request.query_string)
    return Response(reply,status=200,mimetype='application/json')

#####Javascript GET Request

var request = $.ajax({
    type: 'GET',
    url: "http://yourwebapp.domain/crossdomain",
    data: {url:"remotecontent.com/file.html", headers: true},
})

Full URL: http://yourwebapp.domain/crossdomain?url=remotecontent.com/file.html&headers=true

#####Reply

{
    "status": {
        "http_code": 200,
        "url": "remotecontent.com/file.html"
    },
    "headers": {
        "content-length": "4867",
        "connection": "close",
        "accept-ranges": "bytes",
        "last-modified": "Fri, 03 May 2013 15:51:47 GMT",
        "content-type": "text/html",
        "date": "Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:41:05 GMT",
        "server": "Apache"
    },
    "content": "<p>some html</p>"
}

####MIT License

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