title: Unable to use socket.io behind a proxy
body: <p>I'm unable to connect to a node js server which is hosted online from behind my corporate proxy.</p>
  <pre><code>var sock = io.connect(&quot;http://example.com/&quot;);
  </code></pre>
  <p>My proxy settings is</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>proxy server = proxy</p>
  <p>proxy port = 8080</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>It works when I bypass the proxy.</p>
  <p>How do i make the request through the proxy ?</p>
  <p>Thanks.</p>