[3.6] Update docs to clarify proxy support (#4101)

* Update docs to clarify proxy support Clarify that, while aiohttp supports proxies that upgrade to HTTPS via CONNECT, it doesn't support proxies that must be connected to via `https://` - #4100 . * Create 1400.doc Record change * Update docs/client_advanced.rst Differentiate types of HTTP proxies. Co-Authored-By: Andrew Svetlov <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit be95c61) Co-authored-by: Benjamin Kane <[email protected]>
aio-libs · Sep 27, 2019 · 9a3329f · 9a3329f
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+Update docs to reflect proxy support.
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 Proxy support
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-aiohttp supports HTTP/HTTPS proxies. You have to use
-*proxy* parameter::
+aiohttp supports plain HTTP proxies and HTTP proxies that can be upgraded to HTTPS
+via the HTTP CONNECT method. aiohttp does not support proxies that must be
+connected to via ``https://``. To connect, use the *proxy* parameter::
 
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.get("http://python.org",