.. _upstreamproxy:

Upstream proxy mode
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In this mode, mitmproxy accepts proxy requests and unconditionally forwards all
requests to a specified upstream proxy server. This is in contrast to :ref:`reverseproxy`,
in which mitmproxy forwards ordinary HTTP requests to an upstream server.

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command-line       :option:`-U http://hostname[:port]`
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