Automatically initialize proxy via stdlib override

src/invidious/helpers/crystal_class_overrides.cr

@@ -18,6 +18,40 @@ end
 class HTTP::Client
   property family : Socket::Family = Socket::Family::UNSPEC
 
+  # Override stdlib to automatically initialize proxy if configured
+  #
+  # Accurate as of crystal 1.10.1
+
+  def initialize(@host : String, port = nil, tls : TLSContext = nil)
+    check_host_only(@host)
+
+    {% if flag?(:without_openssl) %}
+      if tls
+        raise "HTTP::Client TLS is disabled because `-D without_openssl` was passed at compile time"
+      end
+      @tls = nil
+    {% else %}
+      @tls = case tls
+             when true
+               OpenSSL::SSL::Context::Client.new
+             when OpenSSL::SSL::Context::Client
+               tls
+             when false, nil
+               nil
+             end
+    {% end %}
+
+    @port = (port || (@tls ? 443 : 80)).to_i
+
+    self.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
+  end
+
+  def initialize(@io : IO, @host = "", @port = 80)
+    @reconnect = false
+
+    self.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
+  end
+
   private def io
     io = @io
     return io if io

src/invidious/yt_backend/connection_pool.cr

@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ struct YoutubeConnectionPool
 
   def client(&block)
     conn = pool.checkout
+    # Proxy needs to be reinstated every time we get a client from the pool
     conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
+
     begin
       response = yield conn
     rescue ex
       conn.close
-      conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
 
+      conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
       conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
       conn.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
       conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ struct YoutubeConnectionPool
   private def build_pool
     DB::Pool(HTTP::Client).new(initial_pool_size: 0, max_pool_size: capacity, max_idle_pool_size: capacity, checkout_timeout: timeout) do
       conn = HTTP::Client.new(url)
-      conn.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
       conn.family = CONFIG.force_resolve
       conn.family = Socket::Family::INET if conn.family == Socket::Family::UNSPEC
       conn.before_request { |r| add_yt_headers(r) } if url.host == "www.youtube.com"
@@ -69,8 +70,6 @@ def make_client(url : URI, region = nil, force_resolve : Bool = false)
   client.read_timeout = 10.seconds
   client.connect_timeout = 10.seconds
 
-  client.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
-
   return client
 end