Problem using bin/install script through a proxy

[daviwil]

Hi guys,

I recently switched to using the new 0.11.0 version of the VS Code extension tools which includes the new vscode.d.ts installer. Today @andydtoma reported an issue on my repo saying that the install script isn't working from behind a proxy. Here are the contents of his report:

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I have cloned the project on a Win7 workstation behind enterprise proxy.
When trying to install the package dependencies with npm install I get ETIMEDOUT:

Error installing vscode.d.ts: Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 192.30.252.126:443

npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\DTOMA\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm v3.7.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! PowerShell@0.3.1 postinstall: node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the PowerShell@0.3.1 postinstall script 'node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the PowerShell package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs PowerShell
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls PowerShell
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\DTOMA\Documents\GitHub\vscode-powershell\npm-debug.log

I have tried with both last versions of node.js v4.2.6 and v5.5.0 with the same result.
Attached the result npm-debug.log:
npm-debug.log.txt

The proxy settings in settings.json are fitted to the environment.

On the same system, when I installed the marketplace version of the extension I had to apply the @joaomoreno workaround (Jan 4th) from the vscode issue microsoft/vscode#69

I think there is something similar in the dependency hierarchy.

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Do you have any idea why this might be happening?

[bpasero]

@daviwil we use the request library to do the request and please check https://github.com/request/request#controlling-proxy-behaviour-using-environment-variables for how to setup proxy support there.

[daviwil]

Andy told me that the fix worked for him. Thanks for the help!