Ensured only http or https proxies are passed

README.md

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ npm i reddit-extractor
 ```ts
 import { Scraper, Post } from 'reddit-extractor';
 
-// Proxies are not required, but recommended for large applications
+// Proxies are not required, but recommended for large applications (Only http(s) proxies are supported)
 // Reddit's JSON API rate limits if you make ~100 requests within quick succession
 const proxyConfig = {
-	protocol: '',
+	protocol: 'http',
 	host: '',
 	port: 12321,
 	auth: {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const proxyConfig = {
 	},
 };
 
-const RedditExtractor = new Scraper('./tempFiles', proxyConfig)
+const RedditExtractor = new Scraper('./tempFiles', proxyConfig);
 ```
 <br>
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ console.log(postData);
 ```
 <br>
 
-### Get multiple recent posts from a subreddit
+### Get recent posts from a subreddit
 ```ts
 // Will return the 5 most recent posts from r/memes
 const subreddit = 'memes';
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if (!latestFivePosts.length) return console.error('No posts found');
 const mostRecentPostData = latestFivePosts[0];
 
 if ('error' in mostRecentPostData) {
-	return console.error('Error in most recent post', mostRecentPostData.error)
+	return console.error('Error in most recent post', mostRecentPostData.error);
 }
 
 console.log(mostRecentPostData);

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "reddit-extractor",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "description": "Gets Reddit post data",
   "main": "production/_exports.js",
   "scripts": {

src/_exports.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export { Scraper } from './index';
-export { Post } from './types/index';
+export { Post, proxyType, Media } from './types/index';

src/index.ts

@@ -23,16 +23,17 @@ export class Scraper {
 	private jar: CookieJar;
 
 	constructor(downloadPath: string = './', private proxy?: proxyType, private forceProxy = false) {
-		this.downloadPath = downloadPath;
-		this.ensureDirectoryExists(this.downloadPath);
-		this.jar = new CookieJar();
-
 		if (proxy) {
+			if (!['http', 'https'].includes(proxy.protocol.toLowerCase())) throw new Error('Only http and https proxies are supported');
 			const proxyAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(
 				`${this.proxy.protocol}://${Object.keys(this.proxy.auth || {}).length > 0 ? `${this.proxy.auth?.username}:${this.proxy.auth?.password}` : ''}@${this.proxy.host}:${this.proxy.port}`,
 			);
 			this.agent = proxyAgent;
 		}
+
+		this.downloadPath = downloadPath;
+		this.ensureDirectoryExists(this.downloadPath);
+		this.jar = new CookieJar();
 	}
 
 	// Fetch a single reddit post