PlatformIO IDE in VSCode can't connect to the Internet - blocked by Proxy

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To get the PIO IDE in VSCode on Windows 10 to connect to the internet through a proxy I had to set two environment variables for my user.

HTTP_PROXY: http://<username>:<password>@proxy.hs-karlsruhe.de:8888/
HTTPS_PROXY: http://<username>:<password>@proxy.hs-karlsruhe.de:8888/

Important for me (maybe obvious for someone with more knowledge :wink: ) was that

  • don’t include a domain
  • protocol in front of the username has to be http:// not https://
  • slash at the end is important
  • restart computer
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