fix: HTTPS over HTTP proxy fails on mcafee proxy

axios/axios#3384

HTTPS over HTTP Proxy Fails with 500 handshakefailed on mcafee proxy.
mcafee initialize server context:handshakefailed:server state 1:state 9:Application response 500 handshakefailed
With HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY set, curl works but axios.get fails.

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ dist
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
 .eslintcache
+*.dccache

package.json

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "axios": "0.21.4",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
+    "global-agent": "3.0.0",
     "leaky-bucket-queue": "0.0.2",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "snyk-config": "^4.0.0",

src/lib/request/request.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 const Configstore = require('@snyk/configstore');
-import axios from 'axios'
+import axios from 'axios';
 import * as Error from '../customErrors/apiError'
 
-interface snykRequest {
+// Fixes issue https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/3384
+// where HTTPS over HTTP Proxy Fails with 500 handshakefailed on mcafee proxy
+import 'global-agent/bootstrap';
+
+interface SnykRequest {
     verb: string,
     url: string,
     body?: string,
@@ -21,11 +25,11 @@ const getTopParentModuleName = (parent: NodeModule | null): string => {
     }
 }
 
-const makeSnykRequest = async (request: snykRequest, snykToken: string = '', userAgentPrefix:string = '') => {
+const makeSnykRequest = async (request: SnykRequest, snykToken: string = '', userAgentPrefix:string = '') => {
     const userConfig = getConfig()
     const token = snykToken == '' ? userConfig.token : snykToken
 
-    let topParentModuleName = getTopParentModuleName(module.parent as any)
+    const topParentModuleName = getTopParentModuleName(module.parent as any)
     const userAgentPrefixChecked = userAgentPrefix != '' && !userAgentPrefix.endsWith('/') ? userAgentPrefix+'/': userAgentPrefix
     const requestHeaders: Object = {
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ const makeSnykRequest = async (request: snykRequest, snykToken: string = '', use
 
 }
 
-const getConfig = () => {
+const getConfig = (): {endpoint: string, token: string} => {
     const snykApiEndpoint: string = process.env.SNYK_API || new Configstore('snyk').get('endpoint') || 'https://snyk.io/api/v1'
     const snykToken = process.env.SNYK_TOKEN || new Configstore('snyk').get('api')
     return {endpoint: snykApiEndpoint, token: snykToken}
@@ -83,5 +87,5 @@ const getConfig = () => {
 export {
     makeSnykRequest,
     getConfig,
-    snykRequest
+    SnykRequest as snykRequest
 }