Add General.proxy setting, supports HTTP & SOCKS5

src/backend/backend.py

@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ class Backend:
 
         # We just want that client's aiohttp session, that way we don't have
         # to depend ourselves on aiohttp + aiohttp-socks
-        client = nio.AsyncClient(homeserver="")
+        proxy  = self.settings.General.proxy
+        client = nio.AsyncClient(homeserver="", proxy=proxy)
         await have_session_be_created(client)
 
         session = type(client.client_session)(

src/backend/matrix_client.py

@@ -167,11 +167,18 @@ class MatrixClient(nio.AsyncClient):
         store = Path(backend.appdirs.user_data_dir) / "encryption"
         store.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
+        proxy = backend.settings.General.proxy
+        host  = re.sub(r":\d+$", "", urlparse(homeserver).netloc)
+
+        if host in ("127.0.0.1", "localhost", "::1"):
+            proxy = None
+
         super().__init__(
             homeserver = homeserver,
             user       = user,
             device_id  = device_id,
             store_path = store,
+            proxy      = proxy,
             config     = nio.AsyncClientConfig(
                 max_timeout_retry_wait_time = 10,
                 # TODO: pass a custom encryption DB pickle key?

src/config/settings.py

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ class General:
     # Interface scale multiplier, e.g. 0.5 makes everything half-size.
     zoom: float = 1.0
 
+    # Adress of an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy to pass network traffic through.
+    # Example adresses: "socks5://localhost:9050" (TOR with default port),
+    # "http://username:password@123.456.7.8:80" (HTTP with authentication).
+    # The application must be restarted to apply changes for this setting.
+    proxy: Optional[str] = None
+
 class Presence:
     # Automatically set your presence to unavailable after this number of
     # seconds without any mouse or keyboard activity.

src/gui/PythonBridge/PythonRootBridge.qml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 import QtQuick 2.12
+import CppUtils 0.1
 import "."
 
 PythonBridge {
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ PythonBridge {
 
         importNames("backend.qml_bridge", ["BRIDGE"], () => {
             callCoro("get_settings", [], ([settings, state, hist, theme, themeRules]) => {
+                CppUtils.setProxy(settings.General.proxy || "")
+
                 window.settings   = settings
                 window.uiState    = state
                 window.history    = hist

src/utils.h

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QUuid>
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
     #ifndef NO_X11
@@ -88,6 +91,29 @@ public slots:
         #endif
     }
 
+    void setProxy(QUrl url) const {
+        if (url.isEmpty()) return;
+
+        const QString scheme = url.scheme();
+
+        if (scheme != "socks5" && scheme != "http") {
+            qCritical() << "Unsupported proxy type on the Qt side:" << scheme;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        QNetworkProxy proxy;
+        proxy.setType(
+            scheme == "socks5" ?
+            QNetworkProxy::Socks5Proxy :
+            QNetworkProxy::HttpProxy
+        );
+        proxy.setHostName(url.host());
+        proxy.setPort(url.port() == -1 ? 0 : url.port());
+        proxy.setUser(url.userName());
+        proxy.setPassword(url.password());
+        QNetworkProxy::setApplicationProxy(proxy);
+    }
+
 private:
     QLocale appLocale;
     QString waylandDisplay = qEnvironmentVariable("WAYLAND_DISPLAY");