You can tunnel through an HTTP proxy using curl, using the -p command line option. This can be very usueful, if your organization uses a proxy to connect to the Internet.
What you'll need to know first it the full host name / URL of the proxy, as well as the port that it is available on, for example:
Next, run curl using the following options to access a site on the Internet. The example below assumes that the proxy is proxy.example.com:80 - please replace with the actual hostname and port combination of your proxy. Also, the command below gets the main page of Google - please replace it with the URL you are trying to connect to.proxy.example.com:80
# curl -p -x http://proxy.examle.com:80 https://www.google.com
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