'Set a HTTP proxy which will be used with this connection.
:param proxy_url: Proxy URL (e.g. http://<hostname>:<port> without
authentication and
http://<username>:<password>@<hostname>:<port> for
basic auth authentication information.
:type proxy_url: ``str``'

def set_http_proxy(self, proxy_url):

    self.proxy_url = proxy_url
