using wget through .pac config based proxy server

Question

I want to use wget through a proxy which uses .pac config.

When I googled a bit, I found that .pac is a javascript file and wget cannot parse it based on the following url

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/i-want-to-use-wget-configured-with-a-wpad-dat-proxy-636922/

Is there any work around?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If the .pac file does not change too often (in my experience they do not), you can just read the file, and find the right proxy to give to wget.

If the file is too complex or changes a lot, you could write a small script in python using the pacparser library.