sending request through proxy. request library works, axios does not - axios

Question

I am trying to update some old code to get rid of the request package since it is no longer maintained. I attempted to replace a proxy request with axios, but it doesn't work (I just get a timeout). Am I missing an axios config somewhere? The example using the request package works fine.
FAILS
export function sendAxiosApiRequest(enableProxy, proxyIndex,url,filepath?:string):object {
//https://support.zyte.com/support/discussions/topics/22000014602
let ca='READ IN FILE HERE'
let getOptions = {
url: url,
httpsAgent: tunnel.httpsOverHttp({
ca: ca,
proxy: {
host: 'http://MY_API_KEY:#proxy.crawlera.com',
port: '8011',
},
}),
proxy: false, //disable auto config, bc we set it manually
} as any;
console.log({getOptions})
return new Promise(resolve => {
try {
axios.get(getOptions,(err,response,html)=>{
if(err){
console.log(err);
resolve(false);
}
else {
try{
const output = JSON.parse(html);
resolve(output);
}catch(e){
console.log({html})
throw `ERROR parsing html: `+JSON.stringify(e)
}
}
})
}
catch (e) {
console.log(`Err parsing result from sendApiRequest:`,e);
resolve(false);
}
})
}
WORKS
export function sendRequestApiRequest(enableProxy, proxyIndex,url,filepath?:string):object {
let ca='READ IN FILE HERE'
let getOptions = {
url: url,
jar: true,
followAllRedirects: false,
} as any;
//console.log({filepath})
getOptions.proxy= 'http://MY_API_KEY:#proxy.crawlera.com'
getOptions.ca=ca
getOptions.requestCert =true
getOptions.rejectUnauthorized= true
return new Promise(resolve => {
try {
request.get(getOptions,(err,response,html)=>{
if(err){
console.log(err);
resolve(false);
}
else {
const output = JSON.parse(html);
resolve(output);
}
})
}
catch (e) {
console.log(e);
resolve(false);
}
})
}

Answer 1

Please have a look at the axios docs.
The method signature for the get-requests is axios.get(url[, config]) but your first parameter is actually an object. You might want to use axios({}) and update your getOptions with the missing method key:
let getOptions = {
url: url,
method: 'get', // this was missing!
httpsAgent: tunnel.httpsOverHttp({
ca: ca,
proxy: {
host: 'MY_API_KEY:#proxy.crawlera.com', // http is not needed, but it was http but you use httpsAgent?!
port: 8011,
},
}),
proxy: false,
} as any;