Querying an IP restricted API with Postman

Unfortunately Postman doesn’t support SOCKS proxy, so have to find something else. No problem.

Tunnel/SOCKS proxy

ssh -D 7777 -fCqN -I ~/.ssh/id_rsa my-host

• -D: The bind address.
• -f: Requests ssh to go to background just before command execution.
• -C: Requests compression of all data.
• -q: Quiet mode.
• -N: Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just forwarding ports.
• -I: Specify the PKCS#11 shared library ssh should use to communicate with a PKCS#11 token providing keys for user authentication.
• ~/ssh/id_rsa: Public key to use
• my-host: Entry in ~/.ssh/config’s Host

HTTP to SOCKS proxy

Install:

npm install -g http-proxy-to-socks

Run the proxy:

hpts -s 127.0.0.1:7777 -p 7788

Set up Postman to use the HTTP proxy.

File → Settings → Proxy → Add a Custom Proxy Configuration

Good luck.