##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

Copyright (c) 2013 Ayman Farhat

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:

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